| 单词 | union |
| 释义 | union (juːnjən ) Word forms: unions 1. countable noun B1+ A union is a workers' organization which represents its members and which aims to improve things such as their working conditions and pay. I feel that women in all types of employment can benefit from joining a union. ...union officials. 2. uncountable noun B2 When the union of two or more things occurs, they are joined together and become one thing. Long before union with England, Scotland had a vibrant musical tradition. [+ with] 3. singular noun B2 When two or more things, for example countries or organizations, have been joined together to form one thing, you can refer to them as a union. ...the union of African states. [+ of] ...the question of which countries should join the currency union. Synonyms: alliance, league, association, coalition 4. countable noun [usually singular] The marriage of two people is sometimes referred to as a union. [formal] Even Louis began to think their union was not blessed in the eyes of God. Synonyms: marriage, match, wedlock, matrimony 5. countable noun Union is used in the name of some clubs, societies, and organizations. The naming of stars is at the discretion of the International Astronomical Union. ...the Mothers' Union. Quotations: Union is strength Collocations: dissolve a union A couple in a civil partnership can dissolve their union but not divorce. Times, Sunday Times The league accused the players of being uncooperative in negotiations by threatening to dissolve their union and file antitrust lawsuits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To this end, he presented yet another signed petition that actually called to dissolve the union of states. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When after a day of poor trading he destroys a large part of his wealth, his wife takes this as a reason to dissolve their union. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They mutually dissolved the union in 1826. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With a little help from their friends, they form a union and go on strike. The Sun The critical question will be what form the union takes. Globe and Mail He participated in a staff attempt to form a union. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite their visibility, workers still face many problems when trying to form a union. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The staff form a union and strike to demand better working conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Either the euro will disintegrate or the eurozone will be transformed into a full-scale fiscal federation and political union. Times, Sunday Times Monetary union requires fiscal union which in turn requires political union. Times, Sunday Times The tensions threatened not only monetary union but political union too. Times, Sunday Times In every historical case, however, a single currency has been the outcome of a political union. Times, Sunday Times They also declare plans to move towards closer political union. Times, Sunday Times The tragedy is that many other industries deserve taxpayer support but, because they are not staffed by powerful unions or based in marginal constituencies, they barely get a look-in. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Doctors are in powerful unions and councils that set guidance on pay, posts and numbers of university places. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Meanwhile, the powerful unions are gearing up to block badly needed reform of the public services. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He was able to strengthen the union in his first five years by focussing on craft unionism and controlling apprenticeships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It strengthens the union, while not encouraging defectors (who wouldn't be able to afford to pay). Times, Sunday Times These reforms included starting an agricultural cooperative, supporting liberal candidates for city council, strengthening the union movement, and printing a progressive town newspaper. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the disapproval of their relationship only strengthened their union. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A determined effort to secure trade union agreement for an interim incomes policy. Times, Sunday Times It was saved by an eleventh-hour union agreement on pensions and pay. Times, Sunday Times As part of the recent union agreement, the company pledged to raise $325-million through the debt and equity markets by year's end. Globe and Mail The biggest privatisation in 30 years was formally launched yesterday with an unprecedented share giveaway to workers and the promise of a groundbreaking trade union agreement. Times, Sunday Times However, this would be a rare union agreement clause that could be used, but was not a regular issue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She asked students to vote for her friend in a student union election. Times,Sunday Times That opened the way for the union election. Houston Chronicle It said neither it nor the factory management had anything to do with the politically sensitive 'restrictions' on the union election. Times, Sunday Times Nurses filed for a secret-ballot union election two days later. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have an incredibly high level of student democracy: more than 8,000 people voted in our students' union elections. Times, Sunday Times These understandable protests will be compounded, unless the trade union leadership relents, by a far less understandable wave of industrial militancy. Times, Sunday Times He later worked his way up the union leadership ladder. Houston Chronicle For incomes policy imposed on the trade union leadership obligations that they were not only unwilling but perhaps also unable to meet. The Times Literary Supplement The reduction for a player making $2 million to $3.99 million would be the 24 per cent the union leadership offered. Globe and Mail A determined hard-left union leadership could once organise a vote in a car park and manipulate a compliant membership into whatever action they chose. Times, Sunday Times We have trade union negotiation to thank for the 40-hour week, the right to paid holiday, legal rights of contract for employees and the creation of the weekend. Times, Sunday Times This was in additional to union negotiation rights not being recognised by academy leaders or governors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He writes too much about committee meetings, foundations, union negotiations. The Times Literary Supplement Eventually, through union negotiations, the situation between employees and management did improve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A former union official, he relished the battle. Times, Sunday Times One union official said that move would be 'nonsensical'. Times, Sunday Times As a union official and machine politician he worked the levers of politics effectively. Times, Sunday Times Give the worker ample warning and tell him he may be accompanied by a colleague or union official. Times, Sunday Times I was a union official for ten years and thought the law inadequate in the quest for equality and workplace rights. Times, Sunday Times He recently proposed a pay rise directly to workers despite union opposition. Times, Sunday Times A breakthrough in the bitter dispute over public sector pensions was finally made last night, as cracks appeared in union opposition to the reforms. Times, Sunday Times But to implement those reforms against trade union opposition requires strong political leadership. Times, Sunday Times Their efforts ran headlong into union opposition. Smithsonian Mag He had to fight union opposition to job cuts, but his drive for productivity went to the top as he eliminated the three senior general manager roles. Times, Sunday Times Now you might think that any or every serious rugby union player should want to be like that. Times, Sunday Times He was learning the game at the same time that he was becoming an international union player. Times, Sunday Times But it was a rugby union player, so we're home free. Times, Sunday Times Even in the 1980s, if a rugby union player accepted a couple of grand for 'writing' a book, he had to give up rugby - and any hope of coaching. Times, Sunday Times I feel like a rugby union player now. Times, Sunday Times It seems a far cry from traditional modes of trade union protest. Times, Sunday Times It was the sweet takeover that turned horribly sour, so fraught that it led to public fury, union protests and a parliamentary inquiry. Times, Sunday Times News of the payouts came days after the company backed down over the planned salary freeze in the face of union protests. Times, Sunday Times The trade union protests do not promote the equality that the labour movement professes to advance. Times,Sunday Times Their union protested after an officer was disciplined for sheltering in a car during a storm. Times, Sunday Times The first minimum wage, fairness at work legislation and the right of trade union recognition were early gains. The Sun The union recognition ballot has yet to be held. Times, Sunday Times A long-running row over the workers' terms and conditions spread to include union recognition. Times, Sunday Times The two sides are in dispute over union recognition. Times, Sunday Times They would have full trade union recognition and representation rights. Times, Sunday Times Will there be any more than confused thinking, a bit of bluster, some whining and a workforce thoroughly fed up with union representation? Times, Sunday Times In the past 15 years, union representation has fallen by about a fifth. Times, Sunday Times It said the move was designed to undermine union representation. The Sun The police are prevented from having trade union representation, and officers who suggest refusing to work overtime or have on-call responsibility are potentially guilty of a criminal offence. Times, Sunday Times Many are on low salaries and lack health insurance and union representation. The Times Literary Supplement A union spokesman claimed that police, firefighters and paramedics are far more committed to the public than serving politicians. Times, Sunday Times A union spokesman said the move was to encourage responsible drinking and protect the health of students. The Sun A union spokesman called the talks useful, but said both sides realized they weren't close enough to reach a deal. canada.com They demanded to know if the citizen was a union supporter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Labour members and affiliated trade union supporters will cast their ballot by order of preference. Times, Sunday Times Although the list contained the names of some of the strongest union supporters, the union members voted to return to work on the company's terms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Immediately, several union supporters fell wounded, but surprisingly, the crowd did not flee the scene. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later, in 1958-1959, the government responded to the railway workers dispute by arresting numerous workers and union supporters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Angry critics stressed that he only won a wafer-thin majority of 1.3 per cent - thanks to union votes. The Sun If you stand up two days after winning a victory that was excessively reliant on union votes, this sounds like recompense. Times, Sunday Times He could deliver many of the union votes, which represent a third of the electorate in a leadership ballot. Times, Sunday Times He alleged there were rigged union votes, obstruction and delaying tactics. Times, Sunday Times This was the 'doomsday scenario' that some had discussed - a leader elected on the back of union votes. Times, Sunday Times On the other hand, a union worker implicitly trusted the rank and file. Christianity Today Before entering into politics he was a student leader and trade union worker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Union wages are often pegged to an increase in the minimum wage, but how many union workers get minimum wages? Times, Sunday Times Thousands of holes that previously had been drilled laboriously by union workers are now punched out with matchless precision by a robot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His remarks, to a friendly audience of firefighters, union workers and activists, mixed moments of fluency with awkward pauses where he corrected himself. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 联合 Japanese: 結合 |
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