trade union

2 definitions found

trade union - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  trades union \trades" un`ion\, or Trade union \Trade" un`ion\ .
     An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of
     maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with
     respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.
     [1913 Webster] Trades-unionist

trade union - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  trade union
      n 1: an organization of employees formed to bargain with the
           employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a
           job" [syn: union, labor union, trade union, trades union
           , brotherhood]