labor union

an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.

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First recorded in 1865–70

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He learned that these conditions had been somewhat improved through the formation of the garment-workers into a labor-union.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1|Various
All the "country" he had seen had been from car windows and the crumpled patches one encounters on labor-union picnics.
Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards
From the beginning, the Union-Labor party had the support of elements outside the labor-union movement.
'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution|Franklin Hichborn
Now it cannot be expected that the labor-union or any other influence will greatly change the immigrant in this respect.
Races and Immigrants in America|John R. Commons

In spite of this report, Schmitz was reelected in 1905 as the candidate of the Labor-Union party.
The Boss and the Machine|Samuel P. Orth

An organization of workers formed to promote collective bargaining with employers over wages, hours, fringe benefits, job security, and working conditions.