labor union

noun

: an organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions

… members of a labor union with job protection under a collective bargaining agreement with the employer.

—Seth Sandronsky

Examples of labor union in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its client list filed with the Secretary of State’s office includes powerful companies including Amazon and TikTok, Major League Baseball and California’s four MLB teams, labor unions, the California Apartment Association, DraftKings and others. —Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025

Its factories are vast, diverse, and increasingly robot-friendly with no labor unions to protest worker displacement. —Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025

American support for labor unions has held between 67% to 71% over the last five years, the highest such support has been since the 1950s when Childress wrote in favor of labor unions. —Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025

Anarchists, environmentalists, labor unions, and even religious organizations and more came together hoping to turn minds against support of the WTO, which was founded in 1995. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for labor union

• antiunion
• communion
• disunion
• nonunion

Kids Definition

labor union

noun

: an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and advance the interests of its members concerning wages, benefits, and working conditions

Legal Definition

labor union

noun

: a labor organization usually consisting of workers of the same trade that is formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests (as through collective bargaining) in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions see also craft union, bargaining unit

Note: Labor unions and employers are subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Wagner Act), as amended by the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure (Landrum-Griffin) Act. The NLRA authorized the establishment of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency which administers the provisions of the Act.