trade union movement

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trade union movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

labor movement, labor

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"

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

trade unionism, unionism - the system or principles and theory of labor unions

reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms

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