Search Result for "trades union":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trades 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]