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Labor
Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour movement, consisting principally of labour unions ** 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), a Spanish customary unit * "Labor", an episode of TV series '' Superstore'' * Labour (constituency), a functional constituency in Hong Kong elections * Labors, fictional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Organization
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 and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The union representatives in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members through internal democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, bargains with the employer on behalf of its members, known as the rank and file, and negotiates labour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (other)
Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. Africa Burkina Faso * Party of Labour of Burkina, active 1990–1996 * Voltaic Labour Party, active South Africa * Labour Party (South Africa) * Labour Party (South Africa, 1969) * Labour Party (South Africa, 2024) * Natal Labour Party * New Labour Party (South Africa) * Transvaal Independent Labour Party Elsewhere in Africa *MPLA, formerly known as the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party * Independent Labor Party, Burundi * Congolese Party of Labour, Republic of the Congo * Labor Party of Liberia * Labour Party (Mauritius), one of the two major parties in Mauritius * Labour Party (Morocco) * South West African Labour Party, Namibia, active circa 1970s * Labour Party (Nigeria) *Labour Party of Sine Saloum, Senegal, active circa 1960 * Tanzania Labour Party * Zimbabwe Labour Party Asia Armenia * All Armenian Labour Party *United Labour Party (Armenia) India *Labour Party (Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labor (journal)
''Labor: Studies in Working-Class History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of the labor movement in the United States, including non-union agricultural work, slavery, unpaid and domestic labor, informal employment, and other topics. While the primary focus is on the United States, the journal also covers labor movements in North and South America as well as transnational comparisons that shed light on the American labor movement. It is the official journal of the Labor and Working-Class History Association and is published by Duke University Press. The editor-in-chief is Julie Greene (University of Maryland, College Park) who took over the role when the founding editor, Leon Fink (University of Illinois at Chicago), stepped down in July 2023. History The journal was established in February 2004 when Fink, along with the entire editorial board of '' Labor History'' and much of the staff, left that publication after a disagreement with publisher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 world. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million human births globally. In Developed country, developed countries, most deliveries occur in hospitals, while in Developing country, developing countries most are home births. The most common childbirth method worldwide is vaginal delivery. It involves four stages of labour: the cervical effacement, shortening and Cervical dilation, opening of the cervix during the first stage, descent and birth of the baby during the second, the delivery of the placenta during the third, and the recovery of the mother and infant during the fourth stage, which is referred to as the Postpartum period, postpartum. The first stage is characterised by abdominal cramping or also back pain in the case of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Labor was born in the town of Hořovice in Bohemia to Josef Labor, an administrator of ironworks, and his wife Josefa Wallner, who came from a family of doctors. Both of his parents came from Viennese families. His father belonged to the circle of Schubert-Friends and had been in his younger years a composer himself. At the age of three, he was left blind due to contracting smallpox. He attended the Institute for the Blind in Vienna and the ''Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde'' (Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music) where he studied composition with Simon Sechter (teacher of Bruckner), and piano with (student of and Czerny). He toured Europe as a pianist and, in the process, formed lasting friendships with K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Law
Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code 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, employer, and union. Individual labour law concerns employees' rights at work also through the contract for work. are social norms (in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work. Government agencies (such as the former US Employment Standards Administration) enforce labour law (legislature, regulatory, or judicial). History Following the unification of the List of cities of the ancient Near East, city-states in Assyria and Sumer by Sargon of Akkad into a Akkadian Empire, single empire ruled from his Akkad (city), home city circa 2334 BC, Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement, common Mesopotamian standards for length, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 considered an instance of class conflict. * In trade unions, workers campaign for higher wages, better working conditions and fair treatment from their employers, and through the implementation of labour laws, from their governments. They do this through collective bargaining, sectoral bargaining, and when needed, strike action. In some countries, co-determination gives representatives of workers seats on the board of directors of their employers. * Political parties representing the interests of workers campaign for labour rights, social security Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labor Day (other)
Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September. Labor Day or Labour Day may also refer to: Holidays * Labour Day or Labor Day, an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of the workers * International Workers' Day or Labour Day * Labour Day (Singapore) * Labour Day (Canada) Other uses * '' Labor Days'', a 2001 album by Aesop Rock * Labour Day (album), a 1988 album by Spirit of the West * ''Labor Day'' (novel), a 2009 novel by Joyce Maynard ** ''Labor Day'' (film), a 2013 film based on the novel * "Labor Day" (''Roseanne''), a 1994 television episode * "Labour Day" (''Class of the Titans''), a 2006 television episode * "Labor Day (It's a Holiday)", a song by Black Eyed Peas from ''Elephunk ''Elephunk'' is the third studio album by American group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 24, 2003, by A&M Records, Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group. Production of the album commenced in September 2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 written by supervising producer Rolin Jones, and directed by Adam Davidson. It originally aired on DirecTV's 101 Network on February 3, 2010, before airing on NBC on July 30, 2010. The series is set in the fictional town of Dillon, a small, close-knit community in rural West Texas. It follows a high school football team, the Dillon Panthers. It features a set of characters, primarily connected to Coach Eric Taylor, his wife Tami, and their daughter Julie. In the episode, the Lions and the Panthers get into a conflict ahead of their game. Meanwhile, Vince considers a risky move, and Tim accompanies Billy during his child's birth. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 3.12 million household viewers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 American author, Jack London. He taught the first undergraduate course devoted to London at Utah State University in 1966. Labor taught the first-ever graduate course on London in 1973-74 ( University of Aarhus, Denmark) while on a Fulbright Scholarship. Labor received his B.A. and M.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1949 and 1952, respectively. He received his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin in 1961. He was the founder and curator of The Jack London Museum and Research Center at Centenary College. Classes he has taught include: a seminar on Jack London; a class on American gothic fiction 'The Power of Darkness'; a seminar on the American novel; a two-semester survey course on American literature; and several classes on Critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 level. Club career Labor was a member of the Monaco under-19 team that won the 2010–11 edition of the Coupe Gambardella and made his professional debut on 19 November 2011 in a Coupe de France match against Alès. A week later, he made his league debut in a 2–0 defeat to Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop .... In July 2013, he joined Belgian side RWDM Brussels along with his teammate Martin Sourzac on a loan deal. In 2016, Labor moved to Indian I-League club DSK Shivajians. References External links * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
