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Trades Council

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The city’s Hotel and Gaming Trades Council on Monday said it won the union’s largest pay increase in its nearly 100-year history for 30,000 members working at nearly 250 hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

These groups, notably the State Building and Construction Trades Council, have argued that any relief offered to developers should be paired with wage and other benefits for workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

In 1952 she became the first woman president of the Trades Council and a blue plaque was later placed on the Bristol street where she lived.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

The longtime president of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, whose members worked in Trump-associated hotels.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024

"Not a man in overalls is safe!" declared the secretary of the Everett Building Trades Council.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith

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