union
noun
uk/ˈjuːnjən/ us [ C ] HR, WORKPLACE ( UK also trade union); ( US also labor union)
an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may agree pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers:
"No date has yet been set for a strike, the union said in a statement to the press this morning.
The unions are on strike over wage concerns.
The political activity of each affiliated union is highly regulated by statute.
a union spokesman/delegate/negotiator
public-sector/public-employee/state-worker unions
civil-service/white-collar/blue-collar unions
join/belong to a union The new generation of workers is less likely to join a union.
[ C ]
a group of two or more countries that work together or that have the same government:
the European Union
[ S or U ]
the act of joining two or more things together, or the state of being joined together:
Both bosses had a financial interest in making the merger work, as the success of the union of their two companies showed.
economic/political/monetary union
See also
company union
craft union
credit union
customs union
enterprise union
European Monetary Union
the European Union
general union
horizontal union
labor union
non-union
trade union