a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries

undergo the efforts of childbirth

Regular contractions of the uterus that result in dilation of the cervix.

the interval from onset of contractions to birth of a baby

The work that a woman's body does during childbirth to push the baby out of the body.

Three distinct stages of childbirth. The first stage includes the onset of labour to full cervical dilation; the second stage is delivery of the baby; and the third stage is delivery of the placenta.

The time immediately before and during childbirth.

work done for wages

The process or period of childbirth, especially the muscular contractions of giving birth.

In classical economics and all micro-economics labour (or labor) is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. There are macro-economic system theories which have created a concept called human capital (referring to the skills that workers possess, not necessarily their actual work), although there are also counter posing macro-economic system theories that think human capital is a contradiction in terms.

physical and mental work that contributes to production.

a) The collective workforce. b) The human resources, with the appropriate skills, necessary to accomplish a job or task, usually expressed in Man hours, or Man months. www.sceaonline.net Keyword(s): Labour