| induction of labor | (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac |
Braxton-Hicks contraction
false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
Secretary of Labor
Labor Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Labor, the post of Labor Secretary was created in |
| Secretary of Commerce and Labor | head of a former executive department created inand divided into two departments in |
labor
labour
toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages), his labor did not require a great deal of skill |
manual labor
manual labour | labor done with the hands |
undertaking
project
task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
labor of love
labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
| demand feeding | feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need |
| demand | the act of demanding, the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money |
| labor market | the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers |
labor camp
labour camp | a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor |
| requirement demand | required activity, the requirements of his work affected his health, there were many demands on his time |
labor contract
labor agreement
collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
| demand | an urgent or peremptory request, his demands for attention were unceasing |
calling into question
demand for explanation | a challenge to defend what someone has said |
| demand for identification | as by a sentry |
Kurdistan Workers Party
Kurdistan Labor Pary
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
PPK | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey |
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB | an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions |
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Labor DoL | the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States, created in |
| Department of Commerce and Labor | a former executive department of the United States government, created inand split into two departments in |
labor
labour
working class
proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
labor force
labor pool | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired |
| organized labor | employees who are represented by a labor union |
union labor union
trade union
trades union
brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
American Federation of Labor
AFL | a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL-CIO | the largest federation of North American labor unions, formed in |
| American Labor Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party |
| Farmer-Labor Party | a former minor political party in the United States in the early th century |
labor party
labour party | a left-ofenter political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
| Australian Labor Party | the oldest political party in Australia, founded in , the party is moderately liberal |
British Labour Party
Labour Party Labour Labor | a political party formed in Great Britain in , characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries |
| Socialist Labor Party | a political party in the United States, formed in to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism |
International Labor Organization
International Labour Organization
ILO | the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor |
labor movement
trade union movement
labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
labor coach
birthing coach
doula
monitrice | an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes |
| labor leader | a leader of a labor movement |
| organizer organiser labor organizer | someone who enlists workers to join a union |
Secretary of Labor
Labor Secretary | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor, the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson |
| labor resources | resources of available manpower |
| demand deposit | a bank deposit from which withdrawals can be made without notice |
call loan
demand loan | a loan that is repayable on demand |
| demand note | a note payable on demand |
| demand | the ability and desire to purchase goods and services, the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips, the demand exceeded the supply |
| demand-pull inflation | inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money |
| bonded labor | a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt, the practice is illegal in the United States |
premature labor
premature labour | labor beginning prior to the th week of gestation |
parturiency
labor
labour
confinement lying-in
travail
childbed | concluding state of pregnancy, from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child, she was in labor for six hours |
| labor pain | pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor |
birth pangs
labor pains
labour pains | a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth |