union card
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of union card
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Silva de Rodriguez said it was clear at the meetings that the federal relief money was not tied to signing a union card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
How many of them are going to be willing to put their lifelong dreams on the line for a union card?
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2022
Frenzied and goofily good-natured, “Day Shift” is all sensation and not much sense — except, of course, in its belief in the absolute utility of a union card.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
Just 7.7% of manufacturing workers and 12.6% of construction workers hold a union card, as the movement’s blue-collar roots have diversified into white-collar professions.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
I can—honor and respect the girl I want to marry as well as if I—carried a union card….
From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland
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