trade unionism
Americannoun
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the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
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trade unions collectively.
Etymology
Origin of trade unionism
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Bharadwaj’s path to trade unionism and legal activism was far from typical.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2018
For bound up in the story of its introduction is the story of Jewish assimilation, gastronomic homogenization, the decline of trade unionism, the rise of franchise retailing and the perennial tension between tradition and innovation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2015
Part of the reason might be that trade unionism itself is changing.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2015
Horowitz can toss around highfalutin’ discourse on Northern Italian cooperative regions, the history of trade unionism, and the concept of “new mutualism.”
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2013
The place smelled of their beer and hair tonic, their punch-clock misery, their frayed nerves, their trade unionism.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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