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labor movement
noun
labor unions collectively.
The labor movement supported the bill.
the complex of organizations and individuals supporting and advocating improved conditions for labor.
the effort of organized labor and its supporters to bring about improved conditions for the worker, as through collective bargaining.
Their activities proved more harmful than helpful to the labor movement.
labor movement
The movement of workers for better treatment by employers, particularly through the formation of labor unions.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of labor movement1
Example Sentences
An organizer from the South- and Southwest-centered labor movement Organized Power in Numbers gave participants succinct phrases to deter ICE and explained that anything they say can be used against them.
They’ve also begun to carve out a minority position in regards to the labor movement, advocating for pushing against unions at a point when Americans’ approval of labor unions is near an all-time high.
“The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.”
Allen, who also enjoyed a theater career, withdrew from the public eye in 1990 and focused on local politics, including supporting Cesar Chavez’s United Farmer Workers labor movement.
There has long been a sense within the labor movement that if “we just ... ‘educate’ them enough,” she said, “they’ll be good Democrats.”
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