industrial union

noun

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

industrial union

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of industrial union¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

It is unquestionably the strongest industrial union in the world.

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• trade union