Labour or labor may refer to:
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Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births globall ...
, the delivery of a baby
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Labour (human activity)
Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...
, or work
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Manual labour, physical work
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Wage labour
Wage labour (also wage labor in American English), usually referred to as paid work, paid employment, or paid labour, refers to the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labour power under ...
, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the
labour movement
The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings: the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English) on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.
* The trade union movement ...
, consisting principally of
labour unions
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
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Labour Party or Labor Party, a name used by several political parties
Literature
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''Labor'' (journal), an American quarterly on the history of the labor movement
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Labour/Le Travail'', an academic journal focusing on the Canadian labour movement
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''Labor'' (Tolstoy book) or ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888)
Music
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''Labour'' (song), 2023 single by Paris Paloma
Places
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La Labor
La Labor is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.
It is one of five municipalities within the Mancomunidad Guisayote (http://www.mancomunidadguisayote.hn/).
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, La Labor mun ...
, Honduras
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Labor, Koper, Slovenia
Other uses
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''Labor'' (album), a 2013 album by MEN
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Labor (area), a Spanish customary unit
* "Labor", an episode of TV series ''
Superstore''
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Labour (constituency), a functional constituency in Hong Kong elections
* Labors, fictional robots in ''
Patlabor''
People with the surname
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Earle Labor (1928–2022), professor of American literature
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Jérémy Labor (born 1992), French footballer
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Josef Labor (1842–1924), Austrian musician and composer
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Larry Labor
Larry Labor is an American politician from Vermont. He has been a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives for the Essex-Orleans District since 2023.
In 2021, Governor Phil Scott appointed Labor to fill the Orleans-1 House Distr ...
, American politician
See also
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Labor Day (disambiguation)
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Labour law
Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...
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Labour organization
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...
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Work (disambiguation)
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