brotherhood (noun)

  • 51industrial union — noun a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft • Syn: ↑vertical union • Hypernyms: ↑union, ↑labor union, ↑trade union, ↑trades union, ↑brotherhood • …

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  • 52Industrial Workers of the World — noun 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 • Syn: ↑IWW, ↑I.W.W. • Hypernyms: ↑union,… …

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  • 53Jimmy Hoffa — noun United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913 1975) • Syn: ↑Hoffa, ↑James Riddle Hoffa • Instance Hypernyms:… …

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  • 54organisation — noun 1. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something he claims that the present administration is corrupt the governance of an association is responsible to its members he quickly… …

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  • 55social class — noun people having the same social, economic, or educational status (Freq. 5) the working class an emerging professional class • Syn: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑socio economic class • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 56socio-economic class — noun people having the same social, economic, or educational status the working class an emerging professional class • Syn: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class • Derivationally related forms: ↑classify ( …

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  • 57sodalist — noun a member of a sodality • Derivationally related forms: ↑sodality • Hypernyms: ↑member, ↑fellow member • Member Holonyms: ↑brotherhood, ↑fraternity, ↑sodality …

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  • 58trade union — noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer you have to join the union in order to get a job • Syn: ↑union, ↑labor union, ↑trades union, ↑brotherhood • Derivationally related forms: ↑trade unionist, ↑ …

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  • 59trade union movement — noun an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement • Syn: ↑labor movement, ↑labor • Hypernyms: ↑reform movement • Hyponyms: ↑Industrial Workers of the… …

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  • 60trades union — noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer you have to join the union in order to get a job • Syn: ↑union, ↑labor union, ↑trade union, ↑brotherhood • Derivationally related forms: ↑trade unionist ( …

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