trade union

noun

trade unionism noun
trade unionist noun

Examples of trade union in a Sentence

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What To Know Musk has vowed to cut $2 trillion a year from the federal budget, leading to a series of lawsuits by federal employee trade unions and Democratic states, which say that DOGE has no legal right to review federal databases. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 Zoom in: O'Connor received support from about a dozen local trade unions representing thousands of workers across the Pittsburgh region. Ryan Deto, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025 Radical historians found parallels to Thompson’s narrative in the growth of the American labor movement in the 1830s, starting with the emergence of trade unions, newspapers, and cooperatives. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Feb. 2025 The United Musicians and Allied Workers, a music-industry trade union, was formed in 2020 in part to lobby on behalf of those most affected by the large-scale changes of the past decade. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trade union 

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trade union was in 1828

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“Trade union.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20union. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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trade union

noun
trade unionist noun

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trade union

noun

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