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Since the grape harvest kicked off in early September, members of the CGT trade union have been handing out flyers to grape-pickers, many of whom are Eastern Europeans.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 25 Sep. 2024
National teachers unions, building trade unions, the AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers backed the vice president shortly after Biden ended his run for a second term.
—Chris Megerian and Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Israel’s largest trade union, the Histadrut, further pressured the government by calling a general strike for Monday, the first since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that started the war.
—Josef Federman and Melanie Lidman, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2024
Importantly, these initiatives must actively involve, from design to implementation, worker representatives like local trade unions.
—Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
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“Trade union.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20union. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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