How to Use trade union in a Sentence

trade union

noun

• In France, thousands took to the streets with trade union banners and flags.
  — Nicholas Garriga, Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
• One was the Labour Party, the other the trade union movement.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018
• And for old-school trade unions, that is a declaration of war.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• The accused gave the money to trade union leaders instead of the workers.
  — Associated Press, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2024
• In the event of an impasse, the trade union will be eligible to strike starting Dec. 9.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2022
• Due to local trade union laws, Bectu members would not be able to strike.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Verdi, the regional trade union, called for staff to strike at airports in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, some farmer and trade unions plan a countrywide rural strike Feb. 16.
  — Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2024
• Ilana Feingold is an active trade union member and a child of the primary author.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
• The vote is among workers at a fulfillment center in Coventry who are deciding whether to join the GMB trade union.
  — Rebecca Klar, The Hill, 10 July 2024
• As part of its official statement, the trade union referenced Rule 13 of the WGA strike rules which pertain to non-members.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 May 2023
• The protests have morphed into a general strike, endorsed by trade unions.
  — Johnny Simon, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2019
• In the late 1960s, Reuther pushed for alignment with international trade unions.
  — Freep.com, 8 May 2020
• Catalan trade unions have called a general strike for Tuesday.
  — Sam Edwards, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2017
• That factory lead to the London matchgirls strike of 1888, which eventually lead to the first British trade union for women.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
• But Sheehy is a friend of Farrell’s, who could probably rally the city’s police and building trades unions to shore him up in the District Eight race.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Swiss department store Manor this week announced plans to eliminate 500 posts, trade union Unia said.
  — Albertina Torsoli, Bloomberg.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Protesters breached the offices of Italy’s largest trade union before being cleared by police.
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
• On May 1, a small group of trade union representatives was permitted to enter the square to lay a wreath at a monument to the victims.
  — Mehmet Guzel and Hyung-Jin Kim, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
• On Saturday, the leader of Israel’s largest and most influential trade union group called on Netanyahu to step down and face the voters.
  — Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• 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
• None of the three trade unions donated to Johnson during his mayoral campaign, which kicked off in late October 2022.
  — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2024
• Now, Equity, the U.K’s performing arts and entertainment trade union, has weighed in.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024