labor unionist
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“I hope the deal will not bear fruit,” the combative, chain-smoking former labor unionist said after his government, under pressure from Greece’s creditors, confirmed the sale of 14 regional airports to a German investor.
That oppressive manner continued after 1958 when a labor unionist, Sekou Touré, declared his country a free nation, only to become one of Africa’s most sadistic dictators.
A labor unionist who was present showed Akhter’s photograph to some demonstrators.
From Time
Despite that description the new Cabinet included no members of the broadening opposition; the Premier, Nguyen Ba Can, is a bland labor unionist who can be counted on to do the President's bidding.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he predicted a revolutionary crisis, it was to come from a life-and-death struggle of the working people in self-defense, in a desperate effort to protect economic and political rights, but especially political rights, which, as the labor unionist, von Elm, said at this congress, were "the key to all."
From Project Gutenberg
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