trade union

Example Sentences

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The demonstrations began in early May with trade union demands for salary increases, stable fuel supplies and sounder economic management.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In 2025, inflation soared to 20 percent, prompting the country's largest trade union COB to demand a wage increase of the same percentage.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Then, the contest would go to a vote among some 300,000 Labour members and trade union representatives to choose a winner between Starmer and any other candidate who is nominated for the top job.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Through her job as a care worker she got involved in the trade union Unison, which became her launchpad into a political career.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Suggestions came in from sports and cultural clubs, church groups, ratepayers’ associations, women’s organizations, schools, trade union branches.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela