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craft union

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craft union
n.
A labor union limited in membership to workers engaged in the same craft. Also called horizontal union.
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Noun1.craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft
labor union, trade union, trades union, union, brotherhood - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
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The 1934 amended Railway Labor Act, for example, provided that grievance complaints could only be brought to adjustment boards by established craft unions, effectively leaving African American railway men outside the industry's arbitration system.
Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for ... by Licht, Walter / Journal of Social History
AMFA's craft union is the largest labor organization in the airline industry, representing over 16,000 aircraft maintenance technicians and related support personnel at carriers including Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, ATA, Horizon Air and Mesaba Airlines.
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Nimura attributes these differences to the evolution of labor and labor organization in Japan and notes in particular that Japan possessed little of the craft union tradition co mmon to the West and therefore evolved along different lines.
The Ashio Riot of 1907: A Social history of mining in Japan. (Reviews) by Notehelfer, F.G. / Journal of Social History
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