trade union

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jul 2018

Definition of trade union

: labor union

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trade unionism

noun

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trade unionist

noun

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For most of the twentieth century, the Mexican presidency was held by the PRI, which dominated the ideological center, while incorporating everyone in its ranks from trade union bosses to business leaders.

— Time, "'I Am Here to Salute My President': Mexicans Celebrate Lopez Obrador's Left-Wing Landslide," 2 July 2018
Today, trade unions, socialists and human rights campaigners continue to mark the day with protests and rallies.

— joshua berlinger, CNN, "Hundreds detained after Paris May Day protests turn violent," 2 May 2018
The board is dominated by core shareholders—the heirs of Volkswagen Beetle inventor Ferdinand Porsche and the state of Lower Saxony—and the IG Metall trade union, which holds half of the 20 seats.

— william boston, WSJ, "Audi CEO Arrested in Emissions-Cheating Investigation," 18 June 2018
Railways workers, members of the CGT trade union, attend a protest rally in Bordeaux on April 3 at the start of three months of rolling rail strikes.

— melissa bell and james masters, CNN, "A year in, Emmanuel Macron faces 'Le crunch' as honeymoon ends," 7 May 2018
Area trade unions also will be interviewing job candidates at the event.

— marcia heroux pounds, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Construction job fair Tuesday in West Palm Beach," 11 June 2018
Novo executives will present the cost-cutting plan when second-quarter results are announced in August, when negotiations with trade unions can begin.

— ed silverman, STAT, "Pharmalittle: Novo Nordisk plans thousands of layoffs; Will former Allergan CEO return as chairman?," 8 June 2018
The 2011 revolution, which saw an unprecedented degree of cooperation between the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, secular-liberals, and the trade union movement, shattered this understanding and led social scientists to revise their theories.

— benedict robin, Washington Post, "Why everyone failed to predict the leftist-Islamist alliance that won Iraq’s 2018 elections," 7 June 2018
Italian specialists will use facial recognition software to scan video fragments from hundreds of cameras for any glimpse of Mr. Regeni, who had come to Cairo to study the trade union movement.

— declan walsh, New York Times, "Egypt Hands Over Video in Murder Case — Damaged and 2 Years Late," 1 June 2018

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