industrial union
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of industrial union
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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IG Metall, a German industrial union that has multiple seats on Schaeffler’s board, hasn’t objected to the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Germany's leading industrial union IG Metall considers the EU's proposals "fair", a spokesperson told AFP, urging the government to "clearly defend" them.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
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.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2021
Although he remained an active member of the Socialist Party until 1919, Haywood appreciated the outcry of the more radical arm of the party that desired an industrial union approach to labor organization.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
There were some trade unions in the mills, but most of the workers were unorganized except for the fact that the I.W.W. had, about eight months before, gathered several hundred into an industrial union.
From The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners by Orth, Samuel Peter
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