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1trade union — trade union, adj. 1. a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry. 2. See labor union. [1825 35] * * * Introduction also called labour union … …
2trade union — n. 1. LABOR UNION: also Chiefly Brit. trades union 2. a labor union consisting of workers in a particular trade or craft trade unionism n. trade unionist n …
3Trade union — Unions redirects here. For the defunct Australian rules football club, see Unions Football Club. Labour union redirects here. For the Polish political party, see Labour Union (Poland). For the Canadian political party, see Union Labour. Labor… …
4trade union — An organization whose principal purposes include the regulation of relations between employees and employers or employers associations. A house (or company) union is an association of employees all belonging to the same company, which will… …
5Trade Union Educational League — The Trade Union Educational League was founded as a left wing movement inside the American Federation of Labor by former Left Wing Socialists and Wobblies active in the American Communist movement. According to the memoirs of founder William… …
6trade 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, ↑ …
7trade-union — A combination of workers of the same trade or of several allied trades, for the purpose of securing by united action the most favorable conditions regarding wages, hours of labor, etc., for its members. See also union + trade union Generically, a …
8trade union — A combination of workers of the same trade or of several allied trades, for the purpose of securing by united action the most favorable conditions regarding wages, hours of labor, etc., for its members. See also union + trade union Generically, a …
9trade union — Any organization of employees established in order to substitute, or attempt to substitute, collective bargaining for individual bargaining in the labour market . Unions seek generally to ensure that earnings and conditions are governed by rules… …
10trade union — Broadly, a labor union, an association of workers which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of bargaining on behalf of workers with employers about the terms or conditions of employment. Restatement, Torts § 778. In a restricted sense, a …