trade union movement Meaning of "trade union movement"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

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Usage(s):

  1. It is clear to me that Obama is the best candidate to go to bat for working families, especially those represented by the trade union movement in the United States.
  2. If I'd tried to force the pace beyond what a democratic trade union movement was ready to stand, I could have got a dramatic situation, and it's not always dramas one seeks.
  3. He came up through the trade union movement.
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