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Definition: Trade Union |
Trade UnionNoun1. An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Trade UnionSynonyms: brotherhood (n), labor union (n), trades union (n), union (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Trade Union |
| English words defined with "trade union": collective bargaining, contract in ♦ nonunion, nonunionised, nonunionized ♦ trade unionist ♦ union member, unionist, unorganised, unorganized ♦ yellow-dog contract. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "trade union": affiliated union ♦ check-off system, Committee of Interns and Residents ♦ Hotel and Restaurant Union ♦ non-affiliated union ♦ occupational union ♦ single trade union centre, social-professional organization, strike ballot ♦ Unilateral declaration of independence, Union Network International, unitary trade union centre, unofficial strike. (references) |
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 | Mrs. Maud Swartz, New York City, New York [...] Member, Executive Board, National Women's Trade Union League [...]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | 1st International Congress of Working Women called by the National Womens' Trade Union League of America, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1919. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rally for Chile : Bay Area Trade Union Conference, Sat. June 14, 8:00 p.m., Longshoremen's Hall ... S.F. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Want a better deal? fight for it, with us! : join your trade union and the Labour Party Young Socialists. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Henry George | The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. |
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Business | The German Trade Union Federation (DGB) represents 84.9 percent of organized workers. (references) | |
The 1993 Trade Union Law required that the establishment of unions at any level be submitted to a higher level trade union organization for approval. (references) | ||
Obras Sociales - Union-Run Employee Healthcare System What has distinguished the Argentine trade union movement from its U.S. counterpart is its highly evolved structure of social benefit programs, known as Obras Sociales. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Turkey | Officials of the teacher's trade union face charges of "insulting the army and judiciary" for statements made during a December 2000 labor rally. (references) |
Central African Republic | On February 28, the Central African Human Rights League (LCDH) issued a report criticizing the Government for its travel restrictions against Dacko and the trade union leaders. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | A number of trade unions are registered under the Trade Union Act. (references) |
Human Rights | Hungary | No judge or member of the Supreme or Constitutional Courts may belong to a political party, or a trade union. (references) |
China | Li had served 11 years in prison for his role in presiding over the Shaoyang Workers Autonomous Federation, a Tiananmen-era free trade union. (references) | |
China | Credible reports indicate a number of political or trade union dissidents, "underground" religious believers, and FLG adherents are incarcerated in such facilities. (references) | |
Political Economy | GHANA | Civil servants are prohibited by law from joining or organizing a trade union. (references) |
Ireland | The issue of mandatory trade union recognition remains high on the Irish labor union agenda. (references) | |
MEXICO | Unions, federations, and labor centrals freely affiliate with international trade union organizations. (references) | |
Women | Malaysia | In 1999 Malaysian Trade Union Congress President Zainal Rampak urged trade unions to fulfill the ILO policy of filling 30 percent of leadership positions with women. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | International trade union activity continued. (references) |
Burundi | In 1995 a rival trade union, COSYBU, was founded. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Tony Blair | I was literally just about to give a speech. In fact, I was about to address our trade union congress. And it's one of those events, obviously, where you will never forget where you were and what you were doing at the time. |
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Expressions using "trade union": belonging to the trade union ♦ single trade union centre ♦ trade union congress ♦ trade union member ♦ trade union movement ♦ trade union representative ♦ trade union supporter ♦ unitary trade union centre. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "trade union"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sindikatë (combine, syndicate, syndication, union), sindikal, i bashkimit profesional, bashkim profesional (union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نقابة مهنية, نقابة عمال (union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трейдюнион (union), професионален съюз (brotherhood, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odborová organizace (union trade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tillidsrepræsentant (shop steward, trade union representative), enhedsfagbevægelse (single trade union centre, unitary trade union centre), Det Europeiske Fagforeningsinstitut (ETUI, European Trade Union Institute), DEFI (ETUI, European Trade Union Institute), aktivt fagforeningsmedlem (trade union activist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vakvereniging (corporation, labour-union, syndicate, trade-union), vakbond (labour-union, syndicate, trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ammattiyhdistys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syndicat (trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gewerkschaft (labor union, tradeunion, trade-union, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συντεχνία (corporation, gild, guild, union), συνδικάτο (syndicate, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | א'ו"" מקצועית (guild), א'ו" מקצועי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szakszervezet (labour organization, labour union, the union, trades union, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sindacato (association, labor union, labour union, syndicate, tradeunion, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | トルコ帽 (fez, house trailer, sweat pants, sweat shirt, sweatshirt, tolerance, Tolstoy, toreador, toreador pants, tornado, torso, tortilla, trace, tracer, tracing, tracing paper, trade, trade money, trade show, trademark, trade-off, trader, trading, trading company, trail bike, trailer, trailer bus, trailer house, train, trainer, training, training camp, training pants, training shoes, training wear, training wizard, tray, tread, trekker, tremolo, trench coat, trenching, troubadour, very good). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トレードユニオン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheshaght keirdee, keird-heshaght, keird-chummyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adetray ionunay sindicato (labor union, labour union, syndicate), organização sindical, federação de sindicatos. (various references) sindicat (combine, syndicate, union), sindicalizare. (various references) профсоюз (labor union, labour union). (various references) zanatsko udruženje, sindikatski, sindikat (syndicate). (various references) sindicato (labor union, labour union, syndicate, union), sindical (union, walking), gremio (body, brotherhood, chapel, guild, union), gremial (guild, union). (various references) fackförening (trade-union). (various references) sendika (syndicate, union). (various references) profsoяuz (r). (various references) проспілковий, профспілка (guild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: inundator, untrained. | |
-2 letters: anointed, anointer, antinode, arointed, duration, indentor, indurate, inturned, inundate, neutrino, nonrated, ordinate, rationed, reanoint, ruinated, unatoned, unironed, unornate, urinated. | |
-3 letters: andiron, aneroid, aneurin, antired, audient, auditor, daunter, detrain, diatron, donnert, dourine, dunnite, enation, entrain, intoned, intoner, intrude, inurned, nardine, natured, neuroid, neutron, outdare, outearn, outread, outride, rainout, readout, reunion, rondeau. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+2 letters: denaturation, denunciatory, refoundation, undercoating. | |
+3 letters: degranulation, denaturations, documentarian, equiponderant, grandiloquent, insubordinate, refoundations, unchlorinated, unconstrained, uncoordinated, undercoatings, undoctrinaire. | |
+4 letters: consuetudinary, countermanding, counterraiding, countershading, counterstained, degranulations, documentarians, insubordinates, uncontradicted, underinflation, undervaluation, unidirectional, unincorporated, unromanticized. | |
+5 letters: countershadings, grandiloquently, insubordinately, intermodulation, nonmatriculated, subordinateness, undemonstrative, underestimation, underinflations, undervaluations, unextraordinary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 64 65 55 6E 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01100100 01100101 00100000 01010101 01101110 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a d e   U n i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 0064 0065 0055 006E 0069 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548467707125580758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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