prolabor
Favoring worker organizations
Prolabor means supporting the interests of workers and labor unions, especially in matters of wages, working conditions, and collective bargaining rights.
The term typically describes political positions, legislation, or candidates: a prolabor voting record, prolabor policies that strengthen union protections.
Also spelled pro-labor.
Payment for work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- job securityProtected employment status
fair pay · living wage · overtime · compensation · workplace safety · paid leave · retirement · profit sharing
Joining into one
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
- solidarityUnity among allies
- organizingSystematically putting in order
strikes · picketing · advocacy · legislation · voting · Democrats · progressives · candidates
Proponent of collective ownership
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- left-wingPolitically liberal or radical
- populistAdvocate for ordinary citizens
- working-classManual laborers as group
egalitarian · collectivist · social justice · grassroots · democratic · humanist · reformist · radical
Depression-era reform agenda
- AFL-CIOCombined federation of unions
- Mother JonesLabor movement icon
- WobbliesIWW labor union members
- HaymarketPlace selling animal fodder
Cesar Chavez · sit-down strikes · Solidarity · Taft-Hartley · eight-hour day · sweatshops · industrialization · muckrakers
wages
Payment for work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
job security · fair pay · living wage · overtime · compensation · workplace safety · paid leave · retirement · profit sharing · bonuses
union
Joining into one
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
- solidarityUnity among allies
organizing · strikes · picketing · advocacy · legislation · voting · Democrats · progressives · candidates · endorsements
socialist
Proponent of collective ownership
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- left-wingPolitically liberal or radical
- populistAdvocate for ordinary citizens
working-class · egalitarian · collectivist · social justice · grassroots · democratic · humanist · reformist · radical · Marxist
New Deal
Depression-era reform agenda
- AFL-CIOCombined federation of unions
- Mother JonesLabor movement icon
- WobbliesIWW labor union members
Cesar Chavez · Haymarket · sit-down strikes · Solidarity · Taft-Hartley · eight-hour day · sweatshops · industrialization · muckrakers · craft unions
prolaborantilabor
Opposed to organized workers
anti-union · anti-worker · right-to-work · anti-labor · antiunion
prolaborpro-business
Favoring commercial interests
corporatist · laissez-faire · free-market · neoliberal · probusiness
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