trade union

trade union

n.

A labor union, especially one limited in membership to people in the same trade.

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trade unionism n.

trade unionist n.

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trade union or trades union

Noun

a society of workers formed to protect and improve their working conditions, pay, etc.

trade unionism
trades unionism n
trade unionist
trades unionist n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trade union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" labor union, trades union, union, brotherhood organization, organisation - a group of people who work together industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft company union - a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union labor movement, trade union movement, labor - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I

Translations

trade union n → sindicato

trade union trade n → syndicat m

trade union trade n → Gewerkschaft f

trade union n → sindacato