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hard labour — noun Physical labour as an additional punishment to imprisonment, abolished in 1948 • • • Main Entry: ↑hard hard labour Compulsory work imposed in addition to imprisonment, abolished in the UK in 1948 • • • Main Entry: ↑labour * * * hard labour… … Useful english dictionary
labour — la‧bour [ˈleɪbə ǁ ər] , labor noun [uncountable] 1. work involving a lot of physical or mental effort: • The garage charges £65 an hour for labour. • those involved in repetitive, unskilled manual labour (= work that involves using your … Financial and business terms
Penal labour — Female convicts chained together by their necks for work on a road. Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika c.1890 1927. Penal labour is a form of unfree labour in which prisoners perform work, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard, depending… … Wikipedia
Yatala Labour Prison — Infobox Prisons prison name=Yatala Labour Prison | location=Peter Brown Drive, Northfield, South Australiacoord|34|50|40.39|S|138|37|42.85|E|region:AU SA|display=title status=Operational classification= Maximum security capacity=405cite web|url… … Wikipedia
Australian labour movement — Infobox Union by Country country = Australia national = ACTU government = Australian Industrial Relations Commission legislation = Workplace Relations Act 1996 (2005) membership number = union percentage1 title = union percentage1 = union… … Wikipedia
forced labour — BrE forced labor AmE n [U] when prisoners or ↑slaves are forced to do very hard physical work, or a system in which this happens ▪ Two million suffered imprisonment or forced labour … Dictionary of contemporary English
organized labour — Introduction also called trade unionism, association and activities of workers in a trade or industry for the purpose of obtaining or assuring improvements in working conditions through their collective action. Great Britain (United… … Universalium
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Chimney sweep — Chimney sweeper redirects here. For the geometer moth, see Odezia atrata. Chimney sweep in the 1850s A chimney sweep is a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to… … Wikipedia
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Ascott Martyrs — The Ascott Martyrs were 16 women from the village of Ascott under Wychwood in Oxfordshire, England who were imprisoned in 1873 for their role in founding a branch of the National Union of Agricultural Workers. Following an appeal to Queen… … Wikipedia
