How to Use trade union in a Sentence

trade union

noun

• Regeni, an Arabic speaker, had been researching trade unions—a sensitive subject under the Sisi regime.
  — Janine Di Giovanni, Newsweek, 5 May 2016
• The regime changed with time and activists did not agree on issues from the role of women and trade unions in society to the relationship between party and state and the nature of a national literature.
  — Kevin Passmore, Slate Magazine, 20 Jan. 2017
• Brown's office has managed to reach a consensus with trade unions that have previously resisted a regional plan over concerns that jobs would leave California.
  — Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• 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
• Now, Equity, the U.K’s performing arts and entertainment trade union, has weighed in.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
• The Socialist Workers Party calls on working people and trade unions to oppose these acts, to speak out against them and to organize to defend Jews against attack.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024