trade union

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"We want the repeal of that decree," Mario Argollo, the main leader of the country's largest trade union, Bolivian Workers' Central, told AFP.

From Barron's

Telefonica will cut up to 5,500 jobs in Spain under a voluntary departure plan agreed with trade unions last week, the debt-laden telecoms firm said in a statement on Monday.

From Barron's

In 1970s Britain people were looking for a "signal of hope", says vintage decor collector Lucy Scott, in a time of austerity, trade union action and miners' strikes.

From BBC

The trade union's general secretary Steve Gillan said: "It might not be perfect, but it will mean the prison service hopefully can remain stable."

From BBC

In rich countries, membership of civic institutions - like churches, community groups, or trade unions - has dropped since the 1970s.

From BBC