Labour

Labour (or labor) can mean any one of the following things:

Physical or mental work; exertion. Such work considered as supplying the needs of a community. A particular task, especially of a difficult nature.

In economics, one of the three main factors of production. The term labor refers to work done by human employees. It is distinct from labor-power or human capital, which represent an employee's ability to work. See: Labour (economics), Labour market.

Manual work or the people who do manual work, see manual labour.

Labor movement, Labor union/Trade union, Labour policy

Labour Party: see: Australian Labor Party, British Labour Party, Irish Labour Party, Israeli Labour Party, New Zealand Labour Party, Dutch Labour Party

The process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery.

Related topics

Protestant work ethic

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