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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > comparative politics > labor movement
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > economics and work > labor movement
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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political economy > labor movement
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labor movement  

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  • Unlike a labor union, which is an empirical reality as a bureaucratic organization, a labor movement is a conceptual, rather than a physical, category. While its components are real (labor unions), it is a construct of people's minds. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Labor Movement]

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