union card
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- noun
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tarjeta sindical
- He proudly showed his union card to the manager to prove his membership.
- sign a union card
- get a union card
- carry a union card
Examples
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See, if you got no union card, you don't get a job.
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To keep his union card.
Fiction book (1995) -
- But I could lose my union card over this!
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Oh, this is a union card, huh?
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Says right here... show me a union card, you get credit on the spot.
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Yes and they all got union cards.
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Vote in a union election. Sure, if you have a union card.
Blog text (20) -
Happiest day of my life when I got that union card.
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- How's your union card?
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There were workers who signed union cards, including majorities in some places.
Blog text (29)
Synonyms
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2.4
A card that shows you belong to a club or group
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official card showing proof of membership in a labor union' is directly and compositionally derived from 'union' (workers' organization) + 'card' (a small ID/payment item); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a card belonging to or issued by a union. This construction follows a common noun+noun compounding pattern found across languages (e.g., 'membership card', 'carnet sindical'), so the sense is transparent and predictable.
Etymology
Union card comes from labor groups giving each member a small card that proved they belonged to the union; picture a worker holding up the card to enter a meeting. So a 'union card' means the official proof that you are a member of the union.