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

The trade union Usdaw has voiced its opposition to the extension of Sunday trading hours.

From BBC • May 21, 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

Equity is the performing arts and entertainment trade union which has about 50,000 members in the UK.

From BBC • May 17, 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