What you mean by labeling and scaling is indeed a Ticks option for Plot. You can specify them manually or use the table to create the values you want to use.
Plot[{Sin[x], Cos[x]}, {x, 0, 2 Pi}, Ticks -> {Table[x, {x, 0, 2 Pi, Pi/4}], {-1, 0, 1}}]

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