trade unionist
Collective bargaining member
A trade unionist is a member or supporter of a trade union—an organization of workers formed to protect their collective interests through negotiation with employers.
The term often implies active involvement in union activities: Trade unionists picketed outside the factory.
In British usage especially, it can suggest someone committed to the broader labor movement.
Joint worker-employer talks
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · labor laws · organizer · federation · guild · affiliation · shop steward · contract negotiations
Organized protest outside workplace
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
march · boycott · civil disobedience · collective action · organize · unionize · campaign · grassroots
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
fellowship · alliance · support · cohesion · mutuality · esprit de corps · comradeship · rank and file
Protected employment status
- working conditionsCircumstances of employment
- seniorityRank from length of service
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
living wage · eight-hour day · health and safety · pension · paid leave · maternity leave · minimum wage · equal pay
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
arbitration · mediation · labor laws · organizer · federation · guild · affiliation · shop steward · contract negotiations · labor contract
picketing
Organized protest outside workplace
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
rally · march · boycott · civil disobedience · collective action · organize · unionize · campaign · grassroots · agitator
brotherhood
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
camaraderie · fellowship · alliance · support · cohesion · mutuality · esprit de corps · comradeship · rank and file · membership
job security
Protected employment status
- working conditionsCircumstances of employment
- seniorityRank from length of service
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
overtime pay · living wage · eight-hour day · health and safety · pension · paid leave · maternity leave · minimum wage · equal pay · wrongful termination
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- union workersshop steward, rank and file, striker, picketer, picket
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
trade unionistunion buster
One who dismantles organized labor
management · employer · boss · strikebreaker · scab
trade unionistneoliberal
Pro-privatization economic stance
Thatcherite · Reaganite · rugged individualist · free marketeer · libertarian
trade unionistindependent contractor
Self-employed person hired temporarily
trade, union, trader, trading, unionist, unionism, tradable, trade union, trade unionism