WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
la′bor move′ment,
- Businesslabor unions collectively:The labor movement supported the bill.
- Businessthe complex of organizations and individuals supporting and advocating improved conditions for labor.
- Businessthe 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.
- 1865–70