đ What Is Labor?: Labor means people who work for a living. That includes folks who punch a clock, work hourly shifts, or get paid a salary. If you pack boxes, teach school, build houses, run a machine, wait tables, drive a bus, clean buildings, answer phones, fix things, care for kids, or pretty much do anything where you trade your time and effort for a paycheck â thatâs labor. It doesnât matter if itâs behind a desk or in a hard hat. If you work for someone else and get paid, youâre labor.
đˇââď¸ Are You Labor?: If someone else signs your paycheck, youâre labor. If you rely on a boss, a contract, or a company to pay you for your work, youâre labor. It doesnât matter what job title you have, how you dress for work, or whether you have a college degree. You donât have to be in a union to count. You just have to work. If youâre not the one hiring people, youâre probably one of the people being hired â and that makes you labor.