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trade union
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun trade union has 1 sense
- trade union(n = noun.group) brotherhood, labor union, trades union, union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: industrial union, vertical union, craft union, company union, i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww
is a part of labor, labor movement, trade union movement
Derived form noun trade unionist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
trade union,
An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc. [1913 Webster]
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