industrial union

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noun

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

Origin of industrial union

First recorded in 1920–25

Words Nearby industrial union

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How to use industrial union in a sentence

It is unquestionably the strongest industrial union in the world.
The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick Brissenden
And now a new industrial union is to be launched in Chicago.
The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick Brissenden
This was an industrial union, founded in 1869, embracing labor of all trades, and held together by a secret organization.
The New Nation | Frederic L. Paxson
The industrial union, they say, is to be the administrative unit in the future industrial democracy.
The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick Brissenden
The American Labor Union was very decidedly an industrial union—more, however, by anticipation than realization.
The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick Brissenden

British Dictionary definitions for industrial union

industrial union

noun

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

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