labor movement

Noun
  1. An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement (synset 108489901)
    is a type of: reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
    subtypes:
    • i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
    • trade unionism, unionism - the system or principles and theory of labor unions
    has: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
    same as: labor, trade union movement

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