Labour movement

The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. Labour unions and trade unions are common names for the specific collective organizations within societies, organized for the purpose of representing the interests of workers and the working class. Many elite-class individuals and political groups may also be active in and part of the labour movement.

See also

• activism industry
• anarcho-syndicalism
• class struggle
• communism
• council communism
• democratic socialism
• eight hour day
• far-left
• labour history, art and culture
• left-wing politics
• living wage
• marxism
• socialism
• social democracy
• unionism