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labor union

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Labour relations, unions
ˈlabor ˌunion noun [countable] American English  BELan organization that represents the ordinary workers in a particular trade or profession, especially in meetings with employers 工会 SYN British English trade union
Examples from the Corpus
labor unionThis person needs something more like a medieval crafts guild than the labor union of 1860-1980.
ˈlabor ˌunion nounChineseSyllable
that ordinary the represents Corpus particular workers organization in a an


labor union
ˈlabor ˌunion noun [countable] American English
an organization that represents the ordinary workers in a particular trade or profession, especially in meetings with employers
   SYN  trade union British English


labor unionBrE /ˈleɪbə juːniən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈleɪbər juːniən/ 🔊 noun (NAmE) = union (1)