trades union

Noun
  1. An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer (synset 108249977)
    "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
    is a type of: organisation, organization - a group of people who work together
    subtypes:
    • industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
    • craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft
    • company union - a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union
    • i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
    is a part of: labor, labor movement, trade union movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
    same as: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, union

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