6 sentences with 'labour'
Example sentences and phrases with the word labour and other words derived from it.
• « Apparently, the first labour strike in human memory took place in ancient Egypt, around 1153 BC. »
• « His demands for free labour from the Hebrew people amounted to one day out of every three spent working on palaces and royal construction projects - an enormous amount from a contemporary perspective, but one that was at least comparable to the redistributive economies of nearby kingdoms. »
• « Some slaves did domestic work, but most were part of the massive labour force on huge plantations and in the mines. »
• « This gender division of labour was never absolute, of course, especially as women did "men's work" out of necessity when men were away at war, wounded or sick, or otherwise unavailable. »
• « This was a huge demographic shift in a very short time that had lasting consequences for European society, thanks mainly to the labour shortages introduced by the Black Death. »