trade unionism
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3.6
- noun
- /treɪd ˈjunɪnɪzəm/
- Formal
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sindicalismo
- The principles of trade unionism emphasize solidarity among workers to achieve common goals.
Examples
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Similarly, after coming to power, Hitler banned trade unionism entirely.
Blog text (31) -
Their reactions will shed light on trade unionism in developing countries in an era of globalization.
Academic text (2002) -
Few observers, however, have elaborated on what this policy shift has meant for trade unionism.
Academic text (2002) -
One is trade unionism and the collective bargaining process.
Academic text (1996) -
The union movement needs to abandon trade unionism within the AFL-CIO model and replace it with something more like One Big Union.
Blog text (1) -
Organized Irish workers in the Bay City were far from upholders of a "pure-and-simple" trade unionism.
Academic text (1992) -
They were saying, in particular, that the strongest critics of trade unionism seem to come from UNISON members.
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Prior to the widespread 1980s free market reforms and trade liberalization, Australia had a fair bit of both compulsory trade unionism and a lot of large protected industries.
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My father had turned to socialism and trade unionism, along the way converting Jakey Adelstein and other immigrant craftsmen he knew.
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African American culture, community, and consciousness positively informed and encouraged an especially militant and idealistic brand of black trade unionism in Chicago's Depression-era stockyards.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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5.3
Support for workers joining unions to improve pay and working conditions
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward composition of 'trade' (work/commerce) and 'unionism' (the organisation/theory of labour unions), so its meaning—principles or practice of trade unions—is directly inferable from the parts. This follows regular English compounding and is not idiomatic or metaphorical, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
Trade unionism comes from workers in the same trade forming a union, like shoemakers or miners linking arms to protect pay and hours. That's why trade unionism means the idea and practice of workers 'joining together to improve pay and working conditions'.