Meaning | An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement. |
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Synonyms | labor movement, labor |
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Parts | union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood | An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer |
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Narrower | Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W. | A former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States |
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unionism, trade unionism | The system or principles and theory of labor unions |
Broader | reform movement | A movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms |
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Spanish | movimiento obrero |
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Catalan | moviment obrer |
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