trade union

Definitions

1. An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.
2. labor union
3. syndicate

Equivalents

Examples

“When the first wave⟳ of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade⟳ unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base⟳ has all but disappeared, working-class communities have⟳ disintegrated, unions have⟳ been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble.”

“, labour union (Canada), labor union (Canada, US)”

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