trades union

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They point back to the beginnings of the trades union movement and contributory benefits schemes, where people broadly got back what they paid in.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

The trades union contend it’s a model that protects workers against exploitation and inadequate job safety protections.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

And former trades union official Ron continues to fight doggedly for justice — or at least as much as his bad knee will allow.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

Democrats running include former Hormel Foods CEO Jeffrey Ettinger, ex-political consultant Sarah Brakebill-Hacke and Rick DeVoe, a bookstore owner and former political director for a local building trades union.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2022

One of the conditions of the scheme was that Fox, Head, and Co. should not be members of any association of employers, and that the workmen should not be members of any trades union.

From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel