| 单词 | trade union congress |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrade union congress 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. < as lemmas |
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