English noun: trade union | |||
1. | trade union (group) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | ||
Samples | You have to join the union in order to get a job. | ||
Synonyms | brotherhood, labor union, trades union, union | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | company union, craft union, I.W.W., industrial union, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, vertical union | ||
Part meronym | labor, labor movement, trade union movement | ||