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trade unions

trade unions is the plural of trade union.

Meaning of trade union

Noun

trade union (plural trade unions or trades unions)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    union

Questions about trade unions

What is trade unions the plural of?
Trade unions is the plural of trade union.

Words near trade unions in the dictionary

  1. trade tests
  2. trade union
  3. trade unionism
  4. trade unionist
  5. trade unionists
  6. trade unions
  7. trade up
  8. trade war
  9. trade wars
  10. trade wind
  11. trade winds

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