trade unionist
AmericanEtymology
Origin of trade unionist
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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"We will continue the fight to the end," farm trade unionist Costas Tzelas told a crowd of a few thousand at central Syntagma Square, including workers opposed to a new collective bargaining law.
From Barron's
Dubbed Peru's first poor president, Castillo, a former trade unionist and rural schoolteacher, won power in 2021 on a wave of frustration with conventional politics.
From BBC
Outside the hotel a group of counter-protesters, including many trade unionists, had gathered.
From BBC
In 1972, in a famous speech at the University of Glasgow, the trade unionist Jimmy Reid said Britain's "major social problem" could be summed up in one word - alienation.
From BBC
The government says it is doing what it can to protect trade unionists.
From BBC
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