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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- 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.
- 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.
- He came up through the trade union movement.
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