Noun: trades union
- An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
"you have to join the trades union in order to get a job";
- union, labor union [US], trade union, brotherhood, labour union [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: trades unions
Type of: org [informal], organisation [Brit], organization
Part of: labor [US], labor movement [US, Austral], labour [Brit, Cdn], labour movement [Brit, Cdn], trade union movement
Encyclopedia: Trades union