English noun: trade union movement | |||
1. | trade union movement (group) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | ||
Synonyms | labor, labor movement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reform movement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, trade unionism, unionism | ||
Part holonym | brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union | ||