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trade union

noun as in labor union

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It imploded with the 1978–79 Winter of Discontent, when rampant trade-union militancy brought Britain to a standstill.

The trade union movement was growing and fighting, and every tendency pointed to the fact that a clash of forces was inevitable.

One whole trade union (the Society of Makers Up), asked "to be sent to school, instead of to labour."

The renewed trade-union activities brought forth a fresh crop of trials for conspiracy.

The unequal pace of the price movement drove labor to organize along trade-union lines.

The American trade union movement has suffered much less from this difficulty.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trade union, such as: craft union, guild, industrial union, organized labor, and trades union.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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