Industrial labour

Industrial labour

Industrial labour is labour in industry, mostly understood as manufacturing, but can include related service workers, such as cleaners and cooks.

Industrial labour usually requires skills in crafts or engineering.

Industrial labour movement

Labour unions are usually more present in industrial labour than other branches of labour. See also industrial unionism, industrial unrest and industrial action.

ee also

*Industrial novel


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