labour

labour
  lit. work or the workforce. An input to any production system. It is important to geographers as many aspects of labour have spatial variations:
  Availability: certain types of industry may require certain types of labour and companies may locate into areas where they can find the right kind of workers in the right numbers.
  Cost: regional and international differences in living costs leads labour to demand different wages for the same work.
  Expertise: many modern industries locate into areas with a high level of expertise in a particular field such as near universities.
  Politics: companies may avoid highly unionized workforces backed with strict labour laws in favour of areas with little or no protection for workers rights.

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  • labour — (US & Austral. labor) ► NOUN 1) work, especially hard physical work. 2) workers collectively. 3) (Labour) the Labour Party. 4) the process of childbirth. ► VERB 1) work hard …   English terms dictionary

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  • labour — la bour, n. Same as {labor}; British spelling. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Labour — (spr. Labuhr), ehemalige Landschaft im südwestlichen Frankreich, Theil der Gascogne; Hauptstadt war Bayonne …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Labour — er det engelske arbejderparti …   Danske encyklopædi

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