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union card

noun

Definition of union card

1 : a card certifying personal membership in good standing in a labor union

2 : something that resembles a union card especially in being necessary for employment or in providing evidence of in-group status

Recent Examples of union card from the Web

Democrats could have increased the penalties for violating labor law, enabled unions to circumvent the election process if a majority of workers signed union cards (a.k.a.

— eric levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Democrats Paid a Huge Price For Letting Unions Die," 26 Jan. 2018
His mother was a roadie for Little Richard and Chuck Berry; his birth certificate is an IA union card.

— james lynch, Popular Mechanics, "Every Night Perfect," 5 Sep. 2017
Representatives for the union drive say that a majority of the newsroom has signed union cards in support of the effort.

— benjamin mullin, WSJ, "L.A. Times’s New Chief Plots Changes and Woos a Beleaguered Newsroom," 24 Oct. 2017

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1852

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