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union card

American  

noun

  1. a card identifying one as a member of a particular labor union.


union card British  

noun

  1. a membership card for a trade union

"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

Etymology

Origin of union card

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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She said workers began admitting to supervisors that they had signed the union card and faced pressure to renounce their support.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2024

By the time Scanlan switched careers, the acting union’s reduced power meant she no longer needed a union card to be cast.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2023

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

A local supermarket has offered $50 worth of free groceries to anyone with a union card.

From Washington Post Nov. 16, 2021

Is the duplicate entitled to a union card?

From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller

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