trade union
trade union noun: an organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.
Noun
trade union (plural trade unions or trades unions)
- 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...2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times
- , labour union (Canada), labor union (Canada, US)
- Synonyms:
- union
trade union meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
trade union in Hindi
- organization
- श्रमिक संघ śramik saṅgh, ट्रेड यूनियन ṭreḍ yūniyan
trade union in Tamil
- தொழிற் சங்கம், தொழிற்சங்கம்
trade union in Urdu
- organization
- اِتِّحادِ صَنْعَتی ittihād-i san'atī, ٹْریڈ یُونِیَن ṭreḍ yūniyan
trade union in Bengali
- trade union
- ইউনিয়ন iuniẏon
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- trade union in Malayalam
- തൊഴിലാളി സംഘടന toḻilāḷi saṅghaṭana
- trade union in Kannada
- ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಸಂಘ, ವೃತ್ತಿ ಸಂಘ
- trade union in Pashto
- اتحاديه etehādiya, سنديکا sandikā
- trade union in Tagalog
- unyon, unyong manggagawa, samahang manggagawa, kaisahan
- trade union in Arabic
- نَقَابَة naqāba, نَقَابَة عُمَّال naqābat ʕummāl, اِتِّحَاد نَقَابَة عُمَّال ittiḥād naqābat ʕummāl, نَقَابَة عُمَّالِيَّة naqāba ʕummāliyya
- trade union in Malay
- kesatuan sekerja
- trade union in Indonesian
- serikat buruh
- trade union in Thai
- สหภาพแรงงาน sà-hà-pâap-rɛɛng-ngaan
- trade union in Vietnamese
- công đoàn
- trade union in Myanmar
- ကုန်သွယ်ရေးသမဂ္ဂ kunswaire:sa.magga.
Synonyms of trade union
Forms of trade union
| plural | trade unions |
|---|---|
| plural | trades unions |
| alternative UK | trades union |
Words formed from trade union
Questions about trade union
- What does trade union mean?
- Trade union means an organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.
- What is trade union in Hindi?
- Trade union in Hindi is श्रमिक संघ (śramik saṅgh), ट्रेड यूनियन (ṭreḍ yūniyan). See Trade union meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trade union?
- Trade union is a noun.
- What is the plural of trade union?
- The plural of trade union is trade unions.
Words near trade union in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trade union (page history and authors); trade union (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ইউনিয়ন (Bengali) (page history and authors); trade union (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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