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

Germany's leading industrial union IG Metall considers the EU's proposals "fair", a spokesperson told AFP, urging the government to "clearly defend" them.

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The last time workers walked out on a major department store was 61 years ago, and for less than a day, according to Japan's biggest industrial union, UA Zensen.

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The two union leaders expressed support for the Biden approach, but underscored the role open trade agreements have played in the decline of U.S. industrial unions.

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Talks with industrial unions are continuing about the Department for Infrastructure's Roads Productivity Bonus Scheme.

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Without the Flint sit-down strike, it might have taken many more years to unionize General Motors and the entire industrial union movement might have failed to mature.

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Related Words

• trade union