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labor union

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labor union: see union, labor union, labor, association of workers for the purpose of improving their economic status and working conditions through collective bargaining with employers. Historically there have been two chief types of unions: the horizontal, or craft, union, in which all the
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Adding money and manpower to opposition efforts, a city labor union pledged Thursday to help defeat a measure on the November ballot that would give City Council members an extra term in office.
Instead, the petitioners are asking the government to establish three service areas in East, Central, and West Montreal that "would ensure continuity of specialized and personalized quality services structured on a human scale, contrary to a single megacenter that would dehumanize services and alter the foundations of the network and existing users committees, as well as undermine labor union gains.
As an advocate for the nation's most prominent performers' labor union, she ensures the effective implementation of a wide variety of policies and referendums while also representing the Guild in numerous industry, inter-union and civic causes.
 
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