labor union

American  

noun

1. 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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labor union Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of labor union

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

“Additionally, today, him being here at a labor union and advocating for the working class and labor, I think, is very important.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

But my family’s health insurance, supplied by their labor union, wouldn’t cover care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, where I had 33 radiation treatments.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

"Around 10:00 pm on May 19, the labor union agreed to the mediation proposal put forward by the National Labor Relations Commission; however, management expressed its refusal," it said in a statement earlier Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the labor union representing the federal workers, has tracked the number of controllers who die by suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Despite Marx & Haas Clothing Company’s concessions to the labor union, the workrooms were crowded and the air was filthy.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

Related Words

• trade union