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Micron has committed, voluntarily, to the framework — to collaborating with contractors, trade unions and others to increase the participation of women and economically disadvantaged people in construction.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2024
But the phrase was first coined by a Black, Quaker, openly gay, socialist, trade union organizer, civil rights activist, advisor on nonviolence to Dr. Martin Luther King and a peace protest leader named Bayard Rustin.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
The annual weeklong event in a vast exhibition space in southern Paris, in which farmers and trade unions converge, along with their produce and livestock, to promote their wares and push officials for better trade deals and subsidies.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
Unpublished reports from the global trade union Building and Wood Workers’ International show that, on two sites, representatives found workers without safety glasses, helmets or hearing protection.
—Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 8 May 2024
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First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
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“Trade union.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20union. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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