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Labor union

noun

An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. Synonyms: brotherhood, trade union, trades union, union.

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... Norway, the inventor of the black hand and labor union weapon. His invention also made possible the premature discharge of dynamite and the awarding of ...

— Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date - Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be • Anonymous

... Phil said. "On the day the planetary population here touched the forty thousand mark, Roye became legally entitled to its labor union. Why ...

— Watch the Sky • James H. Schmitz

... of labor organizations. Among the many organizations of wage-earners three main types may be distinguished: the labor union, the trade union, and the industrial union, tho often they are all spoken of as trade unions without distinction. A labor union admits all classes of wage-earners and even business and professional men into the same local chapter. ...

— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter

Words linked to "Labor union" : vertical union, organisation, company union, trade union, Industrial Workers of the World, I.W.W., brotherhood, industrial union, IWW, labor movement, craft union, trade union movement, labor, organization, union, trades union