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Throughout the world, the labour movement has been responsible for reformation and worker's rights , such as the 2-day weekend, minimum wage, and paid holidays. There have been many important labor activists in modern history who have caused changes that were revolutionary at the time and are now regarded as basic. For example, Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was central in the campaign to end child labor in the United States during the early 20th century.

As labour markets , and working classes are often limited by national borders, labour movements are also often limited by national boundaries. The Australian labour movement is an example of a labour movement that has grown and existed in a particular national context.

A popular bumper sticker in the United States in the 1990s was, "The labor movement; the folks that brought you the weekend."

See also: unionismUnionism is a movement based on the ideal of syndicalism and support for the trade union movement, but which exists within the framework of a open capitalist society as an independent participatory private entity. For the Northern Ireland meaning, see Uni, activism industryThe activism industry is composed of organizations and individuals who make a living from activism, involvement in action to bring about change. The number of organizations who employ people to perform this work is sufficiently large that Activism is now, labor history, art and culture, living wageLiving wage refers to the hourly wage that one deems necessary for a person to achieve a basic standard of living. In the context of developed countries such as the United Kingdom or Switzerland, this standard is generally considered to require that a per, anarcho-syndicalismAnarcho-syndicalism is the anarchist wing of the labor union movement. Its primary aim is to abolish the capitalist wage-labor system. The basic principles of anarcho-syndicalism are: # workers’ solidarity # direct action # self-management Workers’ solida