Labour or labor may refer to: *

Childbirth Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy, where one or more Fetus, fetuses exits the Womb, internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section and becomes a newborn to ...

, the delivery of a baby *

Labour (human activity) Work, labor (labour in Commonwealth English), occupation or job is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. In the context of economics, work can be seen as the huma ...

, or work **

Manual labour Manual labour (in Commonwealth English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by humans, in contrast to labour by machines and working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word ''manual ...

, physical work **

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 is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...

, consisting principally of

labour unions A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

** Labour Party or Labor Party, a name used by several political parties

Literature

* ''Labor'' (journal), an American quarterly on the history of the labor movement * '' Labour/Le Travail'', an academic journal focusing on the Canadian labour movement * ''Labor'' (Tolstoy book) or ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888)

Places

* La Labor, Honduras * Labor, Koper, Slovenia

Other uses

* ''Labour'' (song), 2023 single by Paris Paloma * ''Labor'' (album), a 2013 album by MEN *

Labor (area) There are a number of Spanish units of measurement of length or area that are virtually obsolete due to metrication. They include the vara, the cordel, the league and the labor. The units of area used to express the area of land are still encount ...

, a Spanish customary unit * "Labor", an episode of TV series '' Superstore'' *

Labour (constituency) The Labour functional constituency () is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election. It correspond ...

, a functional constituency in Hong Kong elections * Labors, fictional robots in ''

Patlabor , also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori ...

'' *

Laboring (Friday Night Lights) "Laboring" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American sports drama television series '' Friday Night Lights'', inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger. It is the 62nd overall episode of the series and was wr ...

, an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights

People with the surname

Earle Labor Earle Gene Labor (March 3, 1928 – September 15, 2022) was an American writer. A George Wilson Professor (Emeritus) of American Literature at Centenary College of Louisiana, his research and teaching career was devoted to the study of the Ameri ...

(1928–2022), professor of American literature *

Jérémy Labor Jérémy Labor (born 19 March 1992) is a French professional footballer. Traditionally a centre-back, he can also be utilized on the side. He is a former France youth international, having represented his nation at under-18 and under-19 lev ...

(born 1992), French footballer *

Josef Labor Josef Paul Labor (29 June 184226 April 1924) was an Austrian pianist, organist, and composer of the late Romantic era. Labor was an influential music teacher. As a friend of some key figures in Vienna, his importance was enhanced. Biography Lab ...

(1842–1924), Austrian musician and composer *

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 ...

, American politician

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People with the surname

See also