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Multi-word Results
| American Civil Liberties Union |
an organization that works to defend and preserve the civil rights of citizens in the United States. |
| craft union |
a labor union whose members are workers in the same craft or trade. |
| credit union |
a cooperative financial association that provides its members with services such as checking or savings accounts and loans at low interest rates. |
| European Union |
an economic and political union of a large number of democratic countries in Europe formed in 1993 from the former European Economic Community. Additional nations have joined since 1993, and one, the United Kingdom, had been a member originally but removed itself in 2020. The European Union currently consists of the member states Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Many of the countries share a common currency, the Euro. |
| horizontal union |
see "craft union." |
| industrial union |
a labor union that represents the workers in an entire industry rather than only those engaged in one craft or a related group of crafts. |
| labor union |
an organization of workers that promotes and protects the interests of its members in issues such as wages and working conditions, esp. through negotiations with employers. |
| Soviet Union |
formerly, a country, comprising fifteen constituent republics, in eastern Europe and northern Asia; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Russia. |
| trade union |
a labor union consisting of workers who are skilled in a particular craft or trade, esp. as distinguished from a union for workers in a given company or industry. |
| union card |
a card that identifies a person as a member of a specific labor union. |
| union jack |
(cap.) the national flag of the United Kingdom. [2 definitions] |
| Union of South Africa |
see "South Africa." |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
see "Soviet Union." |
| union shop |
a shop, business, or the like, whose employees are required to join a union. |
| union suit |
an undershirt and underpants combined in one garment. |
| vertical union |
see "industrial union." |
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