trade unionist
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3.8
- noun
- /treɪd ˈjunjənɪst/
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sindicalista
- In addition, Grace Abbott understood very well the opposition women faced from trade unionists in improving labor conditions for working women.
- many trade unionists
I'm the national organiser for Trade Unionists Against the EU.
- I'm the national organiser for Trade Unionists Against the EU.
- Communists and trade unionists who, who inadvertently helped the humanists to power.
- Imagine if trade unionists or employees had direct input to the management board, to their companies.
Examples
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As a dedicated trade unionist, she worked hard to improve workers' rights in her community.
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And until recently, I'd never met a trade unionist ever.
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In addition, trade unionists have demanded a return to civilian rule.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm the national organiser for Trade Unionists Against the EU.
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By the early hours of June 26, hundreds of political leaders, activists, and trade unionists opposed to the ruling Congress party were imprisoned.
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Mary Davis, a British academic and trade unionist, enthused: "What struck me was how many women were in leading positions in the BDP."
Academic text (2016) -
The upper Illinois Valley mining communities were a haven for militant trade unionists from Scotland and anarchist-socialists from Italy, France, and Belgium.
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The Barnsley project, initiated in 1992, appointed a well-known local trade unionist as its project worker, as did the Northern Region Project, initiated in 1995.
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The trade unionist organized a strike to demand better wages for the workers.
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During meetings, the trade unionist advocated for safer working conditions and fair labor practices.
Synonyms
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1.8
A person who belongs to a group of workers who protect pay and working conditions
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4.1
A person who belongs to a group of workers that talks with employers
A person who supports workers and their unions
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly built from its parts: 'trade' (work/occupation) and 'unionist' (someone who supports or belongs to a union), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer 'a member/supporter of a workers' union'. This compositional pattern is transparent and common across languages, so the meaning is predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Trade unionist comes from workers in the same trade joining together in a union to help and protect each other. A trade unionist is someone who takes part in that group and speaks up for workers, so the name literally means 'a member who supports workers' interests'.