trade union

noun

1. 工会
   an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc.

1. 工会
   A trade union is an organization that has been formed by workers in order to represent their rights and interests to their employers, for example in order to improve working conditions or wages.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 labor union

1. In 1980, strikes at the Lenin Shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.
   1980年，列宁造船厂的罢工致使团结工会得以成立。
2. The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime
   这封信呼吁保障工会自由和公民权利，但没有公开谴责该政权。
3. This process is, in no sense, a divorce between the Labour Party and the trade union movement.
   这个进程绝不是工党和工会运动相脱离。
4. They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights.
   他们在竭力捍卫工会的权利。
5. The authorities took especial interest in him because of his trade union work.
   因为他在工会工作，官方对他特别感兴趣。
6. The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy.
   工会集团投票制是民主的毒瘤。
7. In part this attitude was due to fear of trade union and employee reactions.
   在某种程度上，这一态度是由于害怕工会和雇员的反应。
8. Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.
   工会领导已经要求政府阻止价格上涨。
9. The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole
   这场波及全国的爱国热潮还对那场工会运动起到了推波助澜的作用。
10. The employers and the trade union leaders are still poles apart, and are far from reaching an agreement or compromise.
    雇员们与工会领袖们的意见仍大相径庭，根本无法达成一致或进行妥协。
11. They kept back 80 dollars from my wages for trade union membership dues.
    他们从我的工资中扣下80元钱交工会会费。
12. She was admitted as a member of the trade union.
    她被接纳为工会会员。
13. The trade union leader suggested to the workers that they should chuck down their tools.
    工会领袖建议工人罢工。
14. After several weeks of argument, the trade union leaders had to haul down their colours and accepted the government's earlier offer.
    经过几周的辩论，工会领袖只好妥协，接受了政府早先提出的条件。
15. He contacted several fellow workers and organized a trade union group.
    他串联了几位工友，组织起一个工会小组。
16. She's active in the work of the trade union.
    她做工会工作很积极。
17. He accepted the call to the chairman of the trade union.
    他应邀担任工会主席。
18. He is a full-time cadre of the trade union.
    他是工会的专职干部。
19. He took part in the organization of a trade union.
    他参加了工会的组织工作。
20. The whole matter comes down to a power struggle between the trade union and the directors.
    整个事情归根结蒂无非是工会与董事们之间的权力之争。
21. He is in charge of trade union matters.
    他是抓工会工作的。
22. He organized the workers into a trade union.
    他把工人们组织起来成立了工会。
23. He's been a trade union 〔 party 〕 activist for many years.
    他多年来一直是工会〔党派〕的积极参与者。
24. The trade union negotiated a new contract with the owner.
    工会和厂主议定了新的契约。
25. The trade union has agreed the company's pay offer.
    工会同意了公司的付酬条件。
26. The trade union organization strengthened the solidarity of its members.
    工会组织加强了会员之间的团结。
27. The trade union movement has been weakened by the decline in smokestack industries such as shipbuilding and steel.
    造船和钢铁等重污染工业的减少，减弱了工会的运动。
28. The weakening of trade union membership in many countries has also removed an important institutional support.
    许多国家工会势力的削弱，也移除了一项重要的机构支持。
29. A new factor unfortunately has entered trade union negotiations.
    工会谈判中不幸突然冒出了一个新的因素。

noun

1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
   1. you have to join the union in order to get a job

   Synonym:    unionlabor uniontrades unionbrotherhood