Definition of industrial union
: a labor union open to workers in an industry irrespective of their occupation or craft — compare craft union
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Think about it: A huge amount of what America consumes is made overseas, with the implicit consent of the nation’s now nearly neutered industrial unions.
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Instead, the core groups behind the New Deal — industrial unions, African Americans, and urban liberals — transformed the party from below.
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Trump, who won the district by 20 percentage points in 2016, is due to make his second stop on Republican candidate Rick Saccone’s behalf Saturday, days after announcing a new steel tariff plan celebrated by industrial unions.
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The first indication that something is amiss with that position is that the NLRA was limited to industrial unions when it was enacted in 1935—and for good reason.
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Low unemployment gives wage negotiators a chance to press for higher pay deals as many have done so far this year, including IG Metall, Germany’s biggest industrial union.
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The United Steelworkers, the country’s largest industrial union, and companies that forge steel and aluminum have united in pushing for import restrictions.
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Macron backs Alstom-Siemens merger to take on Chinese giant Trump ignores May’s lobbying as Bombardier slapped with tariff Emmanuel Macron says Europe must form a solid industrial union to compete with the U.S. and China.
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Government employee unions still adhere to the Democrats, but the leaders of industrial unions, who now represent only a single-digit percentage of the workforce, are belatedly beginning to have second thoughts.
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First Known Use of industrial union
1902
Law Dictionary
industrial union
noun
in·dus·tri·al union
legal Definition of industrial union
: a labor union that admits to membership workers in an industry regardless of their occupation or craft — compare craft union
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