How to Use trade union in a Sentence

trade union

noun

• And for old-school trade unions, that is a declaration of war.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Some trade unions have expressed concerns that the controls could hurt trade.
  — Michael Probst and Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
• In France, thousands took to the streets with trade union banners and flags.
  — Nicholas Garriga, Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
• Due to local trade union laws, Bectu members would not be able to strike.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
• One was the Labour Party, the other the trade union movement.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018
• The protests have morphed into a general strike, endorsed by trade unions.
  — Johnny Simon, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2019
• Catalan trade unions have called a general strike for Tuesday.
  — Sam Edwards, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2017
• The campaign will unite more than 80 trade unions and advocacy groups.
  — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
• In classic trade union fashion, the guild kept its eye on bread-and-butter issues — overtime, lunch breaks, sick days.
  — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
• Ten Spanish trade unions called for a 24-hour strike, while others called for two-hour work stoppages.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• In Germany, half a dozen of them have teamed up with a major trade union to get better terms from the company.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
• At the time, labor movements around the world were campaigning for safeguards such as eight-hour workdays and trade unions.
  — Sheena McKenzie and Sarah Tilotta, CNN, 1 May 2018
• The demonstration was organized by the Sudd Cobas trade union.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Jan. 2026
• The workers there, who had no independent trade unions, were making as little as a dollar an hour.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• Ilana Feingold is an active trade union member and a child of the primary author.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
• Most of those detained in their homes appear to belong to left-wing parties, trade unions and civil society groups.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
• Even factoring in other trade unions, that’s about one million people in the industry.
  — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Protesters breached the offices of Italy’s largest trade union before being cleared by police.
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
• As a trade union, Equity also charges subscription fees.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
• In France, thousands took to the streets with trade union banners and flags, hemmed in by and sometimes scuffling with riot police.
  — Fox News, 2 May 2021
• The vote provided a big win to the construction trade unions, who mobilized to keep the project alive amid a major budget crisis.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
• Not trade unions, which ought to realize licensure reform will ultimately lead to more dues-paying members.
  — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• Swiss department store Manor this week announced plans to eliminate 500 posts, trade union Unia said.
  — Albertina Torsoli, Bloomberg.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Canada's largest private sector trade union, Unifor, begins contract talks with Ford in the fall to shape four-year contracts.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2020
• In the late 1960s, Reuther pushed for alignment with international trade unions.
  — Freep.com, 8 May 2020
• The hotel is centered on a 1948 Modernist landmark that was once the home of the carpenters' trade union.
  — Lindsay Talbot, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2021
• Some 2,800 members of the Unifor trade union will vote Monday on whether to ratify the pact.
  — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
• For more than a year, the developers have been in talks with the building trades unions over how much of the $6 billion project’s construction would be done by union workers.
  — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• That march was attended by various left-wing groups and trade unions, with some demonstrators waving Palestinian flags.
  — ABC News, 13 June 2026
• It was explicitly designed to further the interests of the burgeoning labor and trade union movement.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025