Teamsters Union
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3.5
- proper noun
- /ˈtiːm.stərz ˈjuː.njən/
- US
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Unión de Teamsters
- Because they control the Teamsters Union.
- director of the Teamsters Union
We had the Teamsters union that that controlled the vast majority of employee jobs.
- We had the Teamsters union that that controlled the vast majority of employee jobs.
- And he came in and went after the UPS Teamster union.
Examples
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He's the president of the Teamsters Union with over a million members.
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NEWSCASTER: At a truck stop outside Detroit, where Hoffa rose to the top in the Teamsters Union, truck drivers had a variety of theories...
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We had the Teamsters union that that controlled the vast majority of employee jobs.
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Look, even the Teamsters Union told the bakers to go back to work.
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James Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters Union, disappeared on Wednesday.
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The Teamsters Union negotiates better wages and working conditions for truck drivers across the country.
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Many warehouse workers joined the Teamsters Union to gain collective bargaining power.
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The Teamsters Union organized a strike to demand safer working conditions for its members.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'Teamsters Union' literally combines 'teamster' (occupational driver) and 'union' (workers' organization), so its meaning as a union of teamsters is directly derivable from the parts. Although it names a specific organization, the noun+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the MWE's general meaning.
Etymology
Teamsters Union comes from the old word teamster, a person who drove a 'team' of horses to pull wagons and heavy loads. So, the name now fits a union of 'drivers' and other workers who move goods, like truck drivers and warehouse staff.