How to Use trade union in a Sentence

trade union

noun
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  • In France, thousands took to the streets with trade union banners and flags.
    — Nicholas Garriga, Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
  • The accused gave the money to trade union leaders instead of the workers.
    — Associated Press, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2024
  • In the event of an impasse, the trade union will be eligible to strike starting Dec. 9.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Due to local trade union laws, Bectu members would not be able to strike.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The hotel is centered on a 1948 Modernist landmark that was once the home of the carpenters' trade union.
    — Lindsay Talbot, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2021
  • In Germany, half a dozen of them have teamed up with a major trade union to get better terms from the company.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • In France, thousands took to the streets with trade union banners and flags, hemmed in by and sometimes scuffling with riot police.
    — Fox News, 2 May 2021
  • Verdi, the regional trade union, called for staff to strike at airports in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, some farmer and trade unions plan a countrywide rural strike Feb. 16.
    — Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Ilana Feingold is an active trade union member and a child of the primary author.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The vote is among workers at a fulfillment center in Coventry who are deciding whether to join the GMB trade union.
    — Rebecca Klar, The Hill, 10 July 2024
  • As part of its official statement, the trade union referenced Rule 13 of the WGA strike rules which pertain to non-members.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 May 2023
  • The protests have morphed into a general strike, endorsed by trade unions.
    — Johnny Simon, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2019
  • In the late 1960s, Reuther pushed for alignment with international trade unions.
    — Freep.com, 8 May 2020
  • That factory lead to the London matchgirls strike of 1888, which eventually lead to the first British trade union for women.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
  • For more than a year, the developers have been in talks with the building trades unions over how much of the $6 billion project’s construction would be done by union workers.
    — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Swiss department store Manor this week announced plans to eliminate 500 posts, trade union Unia said.
    — Albertina Torsoli, Bloomberg.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Protesters breached the offices of Italy’s largest trade union before being cleared by police.
    — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
  • On May 1, a small group of trade union representatives was permitted to enter the square to lay a wreath at a monument to the victims.
    — Mehmet Guzel and Hyung-Jin Kim, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
  • On Saturday, the leader of Israel’s largest and most influential trade union group called on Netanyahu to step down and face the voters.
    — Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The workers there, who had no independent trade unions, were making as little as a dollar an hour.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Canada's largest private sector trade union, Unifor, begins contract talks with Ford in the fall to shape four-year contracts.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2020
  • Four days around the world ICE is a pioneer in Ireland, but trade unions and other groups are pushing for employers in the country to trial the structure.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Ubisoft's pair of execs did not directly respond to criticism from a French trade union that includes Ubisoft staffers among its ranks.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2022
  • In the southern port city of Odessa, Russia’s efforts literally went up in flames: the 40-person core of Moscow’s cell was burned alive in a trade union building.
    — Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Walsh said belonging to a trade union offers women stable jobs with salaries for a middle-class lifestyle.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The idea is favored by building-trade unions that say the proposal would share public subsidies with all workers.
    — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 29 June 2019
  • But its golden sheen was offset by nearby tents for the homeless and the daily line outside a major trade union of people searching for jobs -- any job.
    — Mauricio Savarese, ajc, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Rutschle is part of the Solidaires Informatique trade union for French workers, which is organizing the strike.
    — Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The group represents 2,700 contractors along with trade unions that push for more infrastructure funding.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024

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