unions
Acts of combining
Unions are organizations of workers formed to protect shared interests—wages, working conditions, benefits.
Members pay dues and elect leaders who negotiate collectively with employers.
To unionize is to form or join such an organization: The warehouse workers voted to unionize.
Union also means joining together more broadly: a union of two families through marriage, the European Union, the Union (the United States, especially the northern states during the Civil War).
The union of two things is their combination into one.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
industrial action · shop steward · contract negotiations · grievance · arbitration · seniority · lockout · wages
Temporary alliance for action
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- blocAllied group sharing interests
pact · treaty · entente · partnership · merger · amalgamation · consortium · affiliation
Professional mutual-aid society
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
club · chamber · assembly · institute · association · network · professional body · brotherhood
Marriage rite and feast
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- spouseMarried partner
- husbandMarried man's role
- wifeFemale marriage partner
partner · nuptials · vows · ceremony · bride · groom · engagement · ring
Corporate combination
- fusionJoining into unity
- integrationCombining into a whole
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
incorporation · coupling · bonding · convergence · blending · synthesis · conjoining · linkage
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
workers' rights · industrial action · shop steward · contract negotiations · grievance · arbitration · seniority · lockout · wages · workforce
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
bloc · pact · treaty · entente · partnership · merger · amalgamation · consortium · affiliation · axis
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
sorority · club · chamber · assembly · institute · association · network · professional body · brotherhood · sisterhood
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
wife · partner · nuptials · vows · ceremony · bride · groom · engagement · ring · honeymoon
merger
Corporate combination
- fusionJoining into unity
- integrationCombining into a whole
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
consolidation · incorporation · coupling · bonding · convergence · blending · synthesis · conjoining · linkage · connection
- mutual aidteamwork, helping, sharing, lending, cooperation
- professional organizationsprofessional association, trade association, professional society, guilds, trade group
- automotive industriesautomakers, tire industry, auto parts, dealerships, assembly plants
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- cooperationteamwork, collaboration, joint effort, mutual aid, mutual support
- social bondsfamily, friendship, buddy, marriage, pal
unionsmanagement
Organizing and directing resources
corporations · employers · antiunion · open shop · right-to-work
unionsdivisions
Separate portions of something
separations · divorces · disunions · splits · fragmentations
unionssecessions
Formal withdrawals from membership
dissolutions · confederacies · independence movements · balkanization · separatism
- union contractBinding pact between workers and management
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- labor unionCollective bargaining group
- student unionAcademic community center
- credit unionsMember-owned financial cooperatives
- trade unionsWorker collectives for negotiations
union, reunion, disunion, unionize, unionism, unionizes, unionized, unionizing, non-union