One element of change at the mineface was the introduction of machinery, some of it labour-saving.
Mowing with a scythe was labour-saving, but a scythe required more skill than the sickle.
The domestic economy is a low technology form of production based on manual labour and few labour-saving devices.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, cane-harvest mechanisation had been a conspicuous example of ' labour-saving technical progress ' permitting large increases in output and labour-productivity.
Thanks to modern labour-saving household appliances, they have won ' ' the garden battles, ' ' turning their dirt yards into gardens full of flowers and vegetables.
For these women, being in their normal environment when shopping is labour-saving.
It may be labour-saving, and more effective, to have an automatic limitation showing when the period of two hours has expired.
We should enable these people to buy the labour-saving devices they require at home as cheaply as possible.
