employers' association

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noun

a body of employers, usually from the same sector of the economy, associated to further the interests of member companies by conducting negotiations with trade unions, providing advice, making representations to other bodies, etc

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Words nearby employers' association

employ, employable, employee, employee association, employer, employers' association, employment, employment agency, employment equity, employment exchange, employment office

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The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
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Employers—both women and men—think mothers are distracted by family duties.
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"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
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In the meanwhile, Planner grew actually enamoured of the Pantamorphica Association.
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Governor Endicott, and other influential men in Massachusetts, formed an association against wearing long hair!
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The Association itself was in the same condition—gone irrecoverably likewise.
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Probably this is due to the long association of intellectuality and science with heresy.
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