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Definition of Trades union
1. Noun. An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. "You have to join the union in order to get a job"
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Industrial Union, Vertical Union, Craft Union, Company Union, I.w.w., Industrial Workers Of The World, Iww
Group relationships: Labor, Labor Movement, Trade Union Movement
Derivative terms: Trade Unionist, Unionize, Unionize
Definition of Trades union
1. Noun. (dated form of trade union) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trades Union
Literary usage of Trades union
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Trade Unionism by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1902)
"We find, moreover, that there was in that day, as there has been repeatedly since,
an Old Unionism and a New Unionism, and that " the trades union ..."
2. Some Leading Principles of Political Economy Newly Expounded by John Elliott Cairnes (1874)
"Now it will be found that, these qualifications of the position just laid down
duly considered, a certain scope still remains for Trades-Union action on the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"It is clear, then, that the effect of a trades' union on general labour, and its
effect on the ... If workmen believe that a trades' union benefits them, ..."
4. The Relation of Labor to the Law of Today: By Dr. Lujo Brentano by Lujo Brentano (1891)
"Wherever English engineers go, they carry their trades union with them. Scope of
the Trades-Union Movement. — In accordance with this precedent of the ..."
5. History and Functions of Central Labor Unions by William Maxwell Burke (1899)
"In President Moore's speech we learn the objects of this General trades union.
"To guard against the encroachments of aristocracy, to preserve our natural ..."
6. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Eugene Allen Gilmore, John Rogers Commons, Helen Laura Sumner (1910)
"(3) A Trades' Union Proposed. The People's Paper (Cincinnati), Oct. 26, 1843.
We observe by yesterday's Daily Sun that the mechanics of our city are ..."
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