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Topic: labour
Definition:

  • a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  • "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" concluding state of pregnancy
  • from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
  • "she was in labor for six hours" a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900
  • characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  • "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" work hard
  • "She was digging away at her math homework"
  • "Lexicographers drudge all day long" strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  • "She tugged for years to make a decent living"
  • "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"
  • "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" undergo the efforts of childbirth

    Related tag cloud:

  • labor
  • politics
  • union
  • uk
  • canada
  • education
  • mp
  • election
  • employment
  • parliament
  • work
  • unions
  • pregnancy
  • government
  • health
  • conservative
  • economy
  • industry
  • population
  • environment
  • vote
    • Resources:

    International Labour Organization
    The UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.
    http://www.ilo.org/

    Labour Party (Britain)
    Official site of the Labour Party, Britain's "democratic socialist party", according to the party constitution. Currently led by centrist Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is the chief advocate of the "Third Way" philosophy advanced by author Anthony Giddens.
    http://www.labour.org.uk/

    LabourStart
    International trade union website, featuring daily labour news from a network of correspondents around the world. Includes online discussion forums.
    http://www.labourstart.org

    Irish Labour Party
    Represented in the Dail as a minor party and has been a junior coalition partner in Irish governments. Absorbed the left-socialist Democratic Left party into its ranks in a 1998 merger.
    http://www.labour.ie/

    New Zealand Labour Party
    Principal party in the New Zealand government. Led by Prime Minister Helen Clark. In the 1980s the party, in government, moved dramatically to the centre instituting a series of neo-liberal economic reforms leading to a number of splits in the party. The party has moved leftwards under Clark.
    http://www.labour.org.nz

    ScienceDirect
    Research papers published on the net , subscription required for some sections.
    http://www.sciencedirect.com