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industrial union

noun

a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.

industrial union

See craft union
a labour organization in which all workers in a given industry are eligible for membership Compare craft union

First recorded in 1920–25

It is unquestionably the strongest industrial union in the world.

And now a new industrial union is to be launched in Chicago.

This was an industrial union, founded in 1869, embracing labor of all trades, and held together by a secret organization.

The industrial union, they say, is to be the administrative unit in the future industrial democracy.

The American Labor Union was very decidedly an industrial union—more, however, by anticipation than realization.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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