trades union : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trades union	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for trades union
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trades union n an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" Synonym(s): union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
trades union \trades" un`ion\, [or] Trade union \Trade" un`ion\ . An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.