trade union

Example Sentences

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Roughly half of drivers, mostly staff from the Aslef drivers' union, will turn up to work, having labelled the proposals "exactly the sort of deal every trade union should be trying to achieve".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

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

Bodmer is a regional organiser for the UK's largest trade union, Unison.

From BBC • May 19, 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