trade union
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trade union
noun trade unions · trades unions · trades union
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An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.
When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions
Similar: union, labour union, labor union
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noun organization
| Español | sindicato |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 노동조합 nodongjohap |
| 日本語 | 労働組合 rōdō kumiai, 労組 |
| 中文 | 工會 /工会 gōnghuì, 職工會 /职工会 |
| हिन्दी | श्रमिक संघ śramik saṅgh, ट्रेड यूनियन ṭreḍ yūniyan |
| Português | sindicato |
| Français | syndicat, syndicat de métier, syndicat professionnel |
| Deutsch | Gewerkschaft |
| Italiano | sindacato |
| Ελληνικά | συνδικάτο syndikáto |
| Română | sindicat comercial, sindicat |
| Русский | профсою́з profsojúz, профессиона́льный сою́з professionálʹnyj sojúz, тред-юнио́н trɛd-junión |
| Tiếng Việt | công đoàn |
| العربية | نَقَابَة naqāba, نَقَابَة عُمَّال naqābat ʕummāl, اِتِّحَاد نَقَابَة عُمَّال ittiḥād naqābat ʕummāl, نَقَابَة عُمَّالِيَّة naqāba ʕummāliyya |
| עברית | איגוד מקצועי, אִגוּד מִקְצוֹעִי igúd miktso'í |
Talk about this word "trade union." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trade%20union. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trade union. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trade%20union "trade union." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trade%20union.Cite this
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title = {trade union},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trade%20union},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
