trade union

Noun

1.

trade union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" Synonyms: labor union, trades union, union, brotherhood

brotherhood, company union, craft union, I.W.W., industrial union, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, labor, labor movement, labor union, organisation, organization, trade union movement, trades union, union, vertical union