trade union

Example Sentences

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The demonstrations began in early May with trade union demands for salary increases, stable fuel supplies and more sound economic management.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In 2025, inflation soared to 20 percent, prompting the country's largest trade union COB to demand a wage increase of the same percentage.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

A politician for the area said "the vulnerability very much lies at the Coleraine campus" while a trade union representative said there are fears it is "an easy target" for financial savings.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Then, the contest would go to a vote among some 300,000 Labour members and trade union representatives to choose a winner between Starmer and any other candidate who is nominated for the top job.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Typically the subject was a well-to-do immigrant supporting some potential insurgency in his old land, or else funding a fledgling trade union or radical student organization.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee