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		Definition of trade union in English: trade union(British trades union) noun  British An organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. North American term labour union  Example sentencesExamples -  Some people are unkind enough to say it is a trade union and does not act in the public interest.
 -  That organisation, like the trade union movement, can do a lot at national level.
 -  In recent times the old collective institutions, from the churches and community organisations to trades unions and political parties, have lost their roots and their purchase.
 -  It is estimated that less than one in four immigrant workers are represented by a trade union.
 -  These excluded workers included blacks - who have long suffered discrimination from the building trades unions - and non-union workers more generally.
 -  These are the conditions under which workers begin to form trades unions and the workers direct their struggle against the employers.
 -  And the trades unions reminded Labour, painfully, that power is not without responsibility to those who helped put you there.
 -  Workers do use it every time they organise a trade union and fight for better wages and conditions.
 -  There are no political parties, no elections, no independent legislature, no trades unions, no bar association, no independent judiciary, and no independent human rights organisations.
 -  Medical organisations, charities and trades unions have welcomed the move, but the country's licensed trade has threatened a legal battle saying a ban could cause 30,000 job losses.
 -  Therefore the trade union and labour movement now needs to get organised to fight back.
 -  The pressures exerted by political parties, trades unions, and professional groups contributed a great deal to this important development.
 -  It is not an easy decision to become a trade unionist without a trade union.
 -  I pay particular tribute to the trades unions and union learning representatives who are genuinely liberating the lives of so many of their members.
 -  But this was not a stand-off between trades unions and Labour over pay.
 -  But there was a much cooler reaction from other campaigners in the trades unions and Labour movements.
 -  In the rolling reform demands, just weeks ago state officials and public sector workers set up another group, workers for change, which wants to establish independent trades unions.
 -  How long are workers going to follow a trade union that has no real perspective to offer?
 -  Democratic governments, democratic parties, trades unions and student organisations were all targets at various times.
 -  Three things kept Labour united: shared social democratic values; organisational inertia, and the trades unions.
 
  Synonyms association, alliance, league, guild    Definition of trade union in US English: trade union(British trades union) nounˈtrād ˌyo͞onyənˈtreɪd ˌjunjən British An organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union.  Example sentencesExamples -  Medical organisations, charities and trades unions have welcomed the move, but the country's licensed trade has threatened a legal battle saying a ban could cause 30,000 job losses.
 -  These excluded workers included blacks - who have long suffered discrimination from the building trades unions - and non-union workers more generally.
 -  But this was not a stand-off between trades unions and Labour over pay.
 -  In recent times the old collective institutions, from the churches and community organisations to trades unions and political parties, have lost their roots and their purchase.
 -  And the trades unions reminded Labour, painfully, that power is not without responsibility to those who helped put you there.
 -  Therefore the trade union and labour movement now needs to get organised to fight back.
 -  It is not an easy decision to become a trade unionist without a trade union.
 -  It is estimated that less than one in four immigrant workers are represented by a trade union.
 -  That organisation, like the trade union movement, can do a lot at national level.
 -  Democratic governments, democratic parties, trades unions and student organisations were all targets at various times.
 -  How long are workers going to follow a trade union that has no real perspective to offer?
 -  Workers do use it every time they organise a trade union and fight for better wages and conditions.
 -  There are no political parties, no elections, no independent legislature, no trades unions, no bar association, no independent judiciary, and no independent human rights organisations.
 -  Some people are unkind enough to say it is a trade union and does not act in the public interest.
 -  These are the conditions under which workers begin to form trades unions and the workers direct their struggle against the employers.
 -  In the rolling reform demands, just weeks ago state officials and public sector workers set up another group, workers for change, which wants to establish independent trades unions.
 -  I pay particular tribute to the trades unions and union learning representatives who are genuinely liberating the lives of so many of their members.
 -  Three things kept Labour united: shared social democratic values; organisational inertia, and the trades unions.
 -  The pressures exerted by political parties, trades unions, and professional groups contributed a great deal to this important development.
 -  But there was a much cooler reaction from other campaigners in the trades unions and Labour movements.
 
  Synonyms association, alliance, league, guild     |