trades union

Other forms: trades unions

Definitions of trades union

1. noun

   an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
   synonyms: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, union

   types:

   industrial union, vertical union

   a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft

   craft union

   a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft

   company union

   a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union

   I.W.W., IWW, Industrial Workers of the World

   a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I

   Teamsters Union

   an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers

   United Mine Workers, United Mine Workers of America

   an industrial union of mine workers in North America

   type of:

   organisation, organization

   a group of people who work together