trade unionn.

Brit.

/ˌtreɪd ˈjuːnɪən/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪd ˌjunjən/

Forms:

α. (now chiefly British and historical) 1800s– trades union, 1800s–1900s trades' union.

β. 1800s– trade union.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trade n., union n.²

Etymology: In α. forms < the plural or genitive plural of trade n. (see note and compare trade n. and adv. Compounds 4) + union n.² In β. forms < trade n. + union n.² Compare earlier union n.² 11b.In α. forms specifically designating a union having a membership drawn from more than one trade. This formal distinction is still sometimes observed, as in the official name of the Trades Union Congress (see trade union congress n. (b) at Compounds 2), but in general use trade union now predominates.

An organized association of the workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests, and (sometimes) to provide financial assistance during strikes, sickness, unemployment, etc. Cf. union n.² 11b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union

covin1764

union1818

trade union1825

trades combination1831

combination1833

labour union1849

syndical chamber (occasionally union)1864

sindicato1936

α.

1825 Leeds Mercury 24 Sept. A considerable Number of Shares..have been already subscribed for among the Union Combers and Weavers themselves, and by other Trades' Unions throughout the Country.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. ix. 87 The purpose of a trades-union is to keep up the price of labour, and if possible to enhance it.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. viii. 74 Some trades-unions endeavour to prevent their members from earning wages by piece-work.

1904 Commons June 272/1 It seems to me that in many ways the women in trades unions occupy an advantaged position.

1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Business section) 17/2 The trades unions are trying to devise new forms of pension provision.

β. 1828 Co-operator Aug. 2 No subscription which the generosity of the Trade Unions can raise, will do more than stop up a hole.1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 17 But the trade-unions are now debating instead of conspiring.1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 2/2 A trade union is a quasi-political association, rather than an association for carrying on business.1946 W. J. Smith Spotlight on Labor Unions v. ixx. 130 Granting the trade union..the right to stand on a par with management as a social partner in a mutual, cooperative enterprise.1963 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Aug. 60/1 Certain trade unions, despite state F.E.P.C. laws, still discriminate against Negro workers.2004 Independent 15 Dec. 25/5 Painful little parables about what happens when markets break free from trade unions and government regulation.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. With the first element in the singular form, as trade union leader, trade union membership, trade union movement, trade union official, etc.

ΚΠ

1829 Foreign Q. Rev. Nov. 373 The working classes are in a state of perpetual hostility with their masters, and may be said in the trade union clubs to keep a standing treasury for carrying on the war.

1911 C. E. Persons et al. Labor Laws 115 One of its members, Edward H. Rogers, a trade union leader, made some half-hearted recommendations.

1926 Brit. Gaz. 12 May 1/4 Every man who does his duty by the country and remains at work or returns to work during the present crisis will be protected by the State from loss of trade union benefits.

1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 51 Trade-union officials.

1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 77 Trade-union membership advances in waves.

1934 H. L. Beales & R. S. Lambert Mem. Unemployed 72 I had found my position in the trade union movement considerably weakened during my period of unemployment.

1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess iii, in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 174 You might as well ask me to pay trade union wages as do all that the inspector wants: I should be out of business in a week.

1976 Daily Tel. 20 July 2/5 When will the British public, 81·5 per cent of whom have no trade union affiliation, realize how rapidly our freedoms are being eroded.

1988 Jrnl. Lat. Amer. Stud 20 115 Important sectors of the trade union bureaucracy.

2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xxvii. 279 You can do that in a developed industrial country with a strong trade union movement.

b. With the first element in the plural form.

ΚΠ

1833 Observer 4 Mar. The speech which he made at the Trades' Union Meeting.

1868 F. Harrison Let. 11 Nov. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) IV. 483 Since July I have been quite immersed in my Trades-Union work.

1916 Observer 9 Jan. 12/2 The fact that Logan had strong trades union views is nothing exceptional for a shop's steward.

1974 P. Dickinson Poison Oracle iv. 100 The hoarse bellowings of an old-style trades union agitator trying to whip an apathetic strike meeting into action.

1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass ii. 15 He was invaluable to the Raj-barge who didn't know what to do about all the Trades Union business and the new politics.

C2.

trade union congress n. (also trades union congress) (a) a delegate conference of trade unions; spec. the national conference of British trade unions, held annually since 1868; (b) (chiefly in form Trades Union Congress) the national confederation of British trade unions, originally formed to organize the annual congress; (also) any of the equivalent organizations in other countries; abbreviated TUC.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > trade-union associations

trade union congress1860

Knights of Labour1886

Industrial Workers of the World1905

T.U.C.1910

Profintern1924

Histadrut1925

ACTU1928

WFTU1947

Sohyo1953

U.W.C.1974

society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > trade-union associations > meeting of

trade union congress1860

1860 W. L. Sargant R. Owen & Social Philos. 325 Owen was elected at once Grand Master of the Miscellaneous Lodge; and soon afterwards, one of the delegates of a trades' union congress.

1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 June 6/2 A trade union congress commenced its sittings at Manchester yesterday.

1895 National Rev. 26 163 The Trade-Union Congress..has made itself a really representative body by adopting the principle of one vote one value.

1931 News Chron. 25 Aug. There had been feverish activity at the Trade Union Congress office nearby.

1975 Economist 4 Jan. 75 Mr Gill has been cutting quite a dash since his election as the only communist on the general council of the Trades Union Congress.

1992 Times 12 Sept. 7/1 September 1992 may come to be seen as a turning point in the history of the Trades Union Congress.

2013 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 2 Mr Miliband will tell the Trades Union Congress that changes in the relationship between Labour and the unions that help fund it are inevitable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trade union
释义	trade unionn. Brit. /ˌtreɪd ˈjuːnɪən/, U.S. /ˈtreɪd ˌjunjən/ Forms: α. (now chiefly British and historical) 1800s– trades union, 1800s–1900s trades' union. β. 1800s– trade union. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trade n., union n.² Etymology: In α. forms < the plural or genitive plural of trade n. (see note and compare trade n. and adv. Compounds 4) + union n.² In β. forms < trade n. + union n.² Compare earlier union n.² 11b.In α. forms specifically designating a union having a membership drawn from more than one trade. This formal distinction is still sometimes observed, as in the official name of the Trades Union Congress (see trade union congress n. (b) at Compounds 2), but in general use trade union now predominates. An organized association of the workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests, and (sometimes) to provide financial assistance during strikes, sickness, unemployment, etc. Cf. union n.² 11b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union covin1764 union1818 trade union1825 trades combination1831 combination1833 labour union1849 syndical chamber (occasionally union)1864 sindicato1936 α. 1825 Leeds Mercury 24 Sept. A considerable Number of Shares..have been already subscribed for among the Union Combers and Weavers themselves, and by other Trades' Unions throughout the Country. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. ix. 87 The purpose of a trades-union is to keep up the price of labour, and if possible to enhance it. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. viii. 74 Some trades-unions endeavour to prevent their members from earning wages by piece-work. 1904 Commons June 272/1 It seems to me that in many ways the women in trades unions occupy an advantaged position. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Business section) 17/2 The trades unions are trying to devise new forms of pension provision. β. 1828 Co-operator Aug. 2 No subscription which the generosity of the Trade Unions can raise, will do more than stop up a hole.1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 17 But the trade-unions are now debating instead of conspiring.1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 2/2 A trade union is a quasi-political association, rather than an association for carrying on business.1946 W. J. Smith Spotlight on Labor Unions v. ixx. 130 Granting the trade union..the right to stand on a par with management as a social partner in a mutual, cooperative enterprise.1963 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Aug. 60/1 Certain trade unions, despite state F.E.P.C. laws, still discriminate against Negro workers.2004 Independent 15 Dec. 25/5 Painful little parables about what happens when markets break free from trade unions and government regulation. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. With the first element in the singular form, as trade union leader, trade union membership, trade union movement, trade union official, etc. ΚΠ 1829 Foreign Q. Rev. Nov. 373 The working classes are in a state of perpetual hostility with their masters, and may be said in the trade union clubs to keep a standing treasury for carrying on the war. 1911 C. E. Persons et al. Labor Laws 115 One of its members, Edward H. Rogers, a trade union leader, made some half-hearted recommendations. 1926 Brit. Gaz. 12 May 1/4 Every man who does his duty by the country and remains at work or returns to work during the present crisis will be protected by the State from loss of trade union benefits. 1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 51 Trade-union officials. 1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 77 Trade-union membership advances in waves. 1934 H. L. Beales & R. S. Lambert Mem. Unemployed 72 I had found my position in the trade union movement considerably weakened during my period of unemployment. 1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess iii, in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 174 You might as well ask me to pay trade union wages as do all that the inspector wants: I should be out of business in a week. 1976 Daily Tel. 20 July 2/5 When will the British public, 81·5 per cent of whom have no trade union affiliation, realize how rapidly our freedoms are being eroded. 1988 Jrnl. Lat. Amer. Stud 20 115 Important sectors of the trade union bureaucracy. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xxvii. 279 You can do that in a developed industrial country with a strong trade union movement. b. With the first element in the plural form. ΚΠ 1833 Observer 4 Mar. The speech which he made at the Trades' Union Meeting. 1868 F. Harrison Let. 11 Nov. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) IV. 483 Since July I have been quite immersed in my Trades-Union work. 1916 Observer 9 Jan. 12/2 The fact that Logan had strong trades union views is nothing exceptional for a shop's steward. 1974 P. Dickinson Poison Oracle iv. 100 The hoarse bellowings of an old-style trades union agitator trying to whip an apathetic strike meeting into action. 1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass ii. 15 He was invaluable to the Raj-barge who didn't know what to do about all the Trades Union business and the new politics. C2. trade union congress n. (also trades union congress) (a) a delegate conference of trade unions; spec. the national conference of British trade unions, held annually since 1868; (b) (chiefly in form Trades Union Congress) the national confederation of British trade unions, originally formed to organize the annual congress; (also) any of the equivalent organizations in other countries; abbreviated TUC. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > trade-union associations trade union congress1860 Knights of Labour1886 Industrial Workers of the World1905 T.U.C.1910 Profintern1924 Histadrut1925 ACTU1928 WFTU1947 Sohyo1953 U.W.C.1974 society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > trade-union associations > meeting of trade union congress1860 1860 W. L. Sargant R. Owen & Social Philos. 325 Owen was elected at once Grand Master of the Miscellaneous Lodge; and soon afterwards, one of the delegates of a trades' union congress. 1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 June 6/2 A trade union congress commenced its sittings at Manchester yesterday. 1895 National Rev. 26 163 The Trade-Union Congress..has made itself a really representative body by adopting the principle of one vote one value. 1931 News Chron. 25 Aug. There had been feverish activity at the Trade Union Congress office nearby. 1975 Economist 4 Jan. 75 Mr Gill has been cutting quite a dash since his election as the only communist on the general council of the Trades Union Congress. 1992 Times 12 Sept. 7/1 September 1992 may come to be seen as a turning point in the history of the Trades Union Congress. 2013 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 2 Mr Miliband will tell the Trades Union Congress that changes in the relationship between Labour and the unions that help fund it are inevitable. 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