trades union

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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

This is a UK-wide strike, and we understand the reasons for the action by the trades union.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2013

The vast majority of local unions are members of the national trades union and of the Federation.

From The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners by Orth, Samuel Peter