union

noun

/ˈjuːniən/

(British English also trade union, trades union)
(North American English also labor union)
[countable] an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc.工会
- I've joined the union.我已经加入工会。
- Teachers' unions in England are demanding the same improvements as in Scotland.英格兰的教师工会要求和苏格兰一样的改进。
- a union leader/official/representative/activist工会领袖/官员/代表/活动家
- the right to form a union组织工会的权利
- Do you belong to a union?你属于某个工会吗？
- The union represents five million workers.工会代表五百万工人。
- public sector unions公共部门工会
- Greece's main workers' union希腊主要的工人工会
- a union member 工会会员
- a member of a union 工会成员
- a fall in union membership工会会员的减少
Wordfinder
- ballot
- closed shop
- collective bargaining
- industrial action
- labour
- picket
- protest
- representative
- strike
- union
Culture trade unionstrade unionsIn Britain, the trade union movement started in the 19th century after the Industrial Revolution when workers began to form groups to argue for improved working conditions and pay. Each trade (= type of work) formed its own union but, over the years, some combined to form larger, more powerful groups. In 1900 the Labour Representation Committee was founded to enable the unions to enter politics and it later became the Labour Party. By 1926 45% of workers were members of a union and the General Strike showed there was wide support for the union movement. After the Second World War union membership continued to grow, reaching a peak in 1979 with a total of over 13 million members. Since then the number of union members has decreased significantly. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s industrial relations in Britain were bad, with many strikes, and in 1979 the Conservative government introduced a number of changes to the law to control the activities of unions. Unions were not allowed to send members to support strike action by another union (called secondary picketing), union leaders could only declare a strike with the support of the majority of their members in a secret ballot and the closed shop which required all employees in an industry to join a union, was ended. Many trade unions are affiliated (= linked) to the TUC which represents the trade union movement as a whole. There is a lot of discussion about how closely the unions should be linked to the Labour Party. In the US, the early unions were mainly craft unions, but in 1905 the IWW united miners and textile workers and became the first labor union. Modern labor unions began as a result of Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal and in 1935 the Wagner Act gave workers the right to collective bargaining (= negotiation by a group of people) for pay increases, and this led to many new unions being formed. The many strikes after the Second World War caused Congress to pass the Taft-Hartley Act which limited the right of workers to strike and also made the closed shop illegal. Most labor unions belong to the AFL-CIO, which was created in 1955 when the American Federation of Labor joined the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
- She became active in the teachers' union.她在教师工会中变得活跃起来。
- The nurses' union negotiated a 3% pay rise.护士工会通过谈判达成了3% 的工资增长。
- The union represents 40% of all hospital workers.该工会代表医院40%员工的利益。
- The union threatened strike action if its demands were not met.工会扬言若不满足要求就要举行罢工。
- He spoke out at a meeting of the National Union of Journalists.他在全国记者联盟的一次会议上发表了讲话。
- The figures come from a survey by public-sector unions.这些数字来自公共部门工会的一项调查。
- The news emerged yesterday after a meeting between managers and union representatives.这一消息是在经理和工会代表开会后于昨天公布的。
- unofficial action not authorized by the union leadership 未经工会领导授权的非官方行动
Topics Businessb1, Working lifeb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- labor
- trade
- trades
- …
verb + union
- form
- organize
- set up
- …
union + verb
- be affiliated to something
- represent somebody/something
- negotiate (something)
- …
union + noun
- confederation
- federation
- movement
- …
[countable] an association or a club for people or organizations with the same interest协会；联合会；会社；俱乐部
- the Scottish Rugby Union苏格兰橄榄球协会
see also credit union, students’ union (2)
[countable] a group of states or countries that have the same central government or that agree to work together同盟；联盟；联邦
- the former Soviet Union前苏维埃联邦
- the European Union欧洲联盟
- Churchill was not hostile to the continent's attempt at forming a union.丘吉尔并不反对欧洲大陆组建联盟的尝试。
- The crisis will be discussed as a meeting of African Union leaders this week.这场危机将在本周的非洲联盟领导人会议上讨论。
see also customs union
Union
[singular] the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War)（尤指内战时期的）美利坚合众国，美国
- the Union and the Confederacy合众国与南部邦联
- the State of the Union address by the President美国总统向国会发表的国情咨文
[uncountable, singular] the act of joining two or more things together; the state of being joined together联合；结合；合并
- a meeting to discuss economic and currency union讨论经济和货币联盟的会议
- union with something Northern Ireland’s union with Britain北爱尔兰同英国的联合
- union between A and B the union between mainland Tanzania and the Zanzibar Island坦桑尼亚大陆和桑给巴尔岛的结合
- sexual union性结合
- Some of the member states wanted a closer union rather than the loose confederation that developed.一些成员国想要结成更紧密的联盟，不想形成这种松散的联合。
- a move in the direction of full political union迈向全面政治联合的一步
- currency union between the two countries两国之间的货币统一
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- close
- loose
- full
- …
verb + union
- create
- form
- dissolve
- …
preposition
- union between
- union with
[countable] (old-fashioned or formal) a marriage结为夫妻；婚姻
- Their union was blessed with six children.他们婚后幸得六个儿女。
Topics Life stagesc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- civil
- legal
- holy
- …
verb + union
- allow
- recognize

词源late Middle English: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin unio(n-) ‘unity’, from Latin unus ‘one’.

词汇	union
释义	union noun /ˈjuːniən/ /ˈjuːniən/ (British English also trade union, trades union) (North American English also labor union) [countable] an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc.工会 I've joined the union.我已经加入工会。 Teachers' unions in England are demanding the same improvements as in Scotland.英格兰的教师工会要求和苏格兰一样的改进。 a union leader/official/representative/activist工会领袖/官员/代表/活动家 the right to form a union组织工会的权利 Do you belong to a union?你属于某个工会吗？ The union represents five million workers.工会代表五百万工人。 public sector unions公共部门工会 Greece's main workers' union希腊主要的工人工会 a union member 工会会员 a member of a union 工会成员 a fall in union membership工会会员的减少 Wordfinder ballot closed shop collective bargaining industrial action labour picket protest representative strike union Culture trade unionstrade unionsIn Britain, the trade union movement started in the 19th century after the Industrial Revolution when workers began to form groups to argue for improved working conditions and pay. Each trade (= type of work) formed its own union but, over the years, some combined to form larger, more powerful groups. In 1900 the Labour Representation Committee was founded to enable the unions to enter politics and it later became the Labour Party. By 1926 45% of workers were members of a union and the General Strike showed there was wide support for the union movement. After the Second World War union membership continued to grow, reaching a peak in 1979 with a total of over 13 million members. Since then the number of union members has decreased significantly. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s industrial relations in Britain were bad, with many strikes, and in 1979 the Conservative government introduced a number of changes to the law to control the activities of unions. Unions were not allowed to send members to support strike action by another union (called secondary picketing), union leaders could only declare a strike with the support of the majority of their members in a secret ballot and the closed shop which required all employees in an industry to join a union, was ended. Many trade unions are affiliated (= linked) to the TUC which represents the trade union movement as a whole. There is a lot of discussion about how closely the unions should be linked to the Labour Party. In the US, the early unions were mainly craft unions, but in 1905 the IWW united miners and textile workers and became the first labor union. Modern labor unions began as a result of Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal and in 1935 the Wagner Act gave workers the right to collective bargaining (= negotiation by a group of people) for pay increases, and this led to many new unions being formed. The many strikes after the Second World War caused Congress to pass the Taft-Hartley Act which limited the right of workers to strike and also made the closed shop illegal. Most labor unions belong to the AFL-CIO, which was created in 1955 when the American Federation of Labor joined the Congress of Industrial Organizations. She became active in the teachers' union.她在教师工会中变得活跃起来。 The nurses' union negotiated a 3% pay rise.护士工会通过谈判达成了3% 的工资增长。 The union represents 40% of all hospital workers.该工会代表医院40%员工的利益。 The union threatened strike action if its demands were not met.工会扬言若不满足要求就要举行罢工。 He spoke out at a meeting of the National Union of Journalists.他在全国记者联盟的一次会议上发表了讲话。 The figures come from a survey by public-sector unions.这些数字来自公共部门工会的一项调查。 The news emerged yesterday after a meeting between managers and union representatives.这一消息是在经理和工会代表开会后于昨天公布的。 unofficial action not authorized by the union leadership 未经工会领导授权的非官方行动 Topics Businessb1, Working lifeb1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective labor trade trades … verb + union form organize set up … union + verb be affiliated to something represent somebody/something negotiate (something) … union + noun confederation federation movement … [countable] an association or a club for people or organizations with the same interest协会；联合会；会社；俱乐部 the Scottish Rugby Union苏格兰橄榄球协会 see also credit union, students’ union (2) [countable] a group of states or countries that have the same central government or that agree to work together同盟；联盟；联邦 the former Soviet Union前苏维埃联邦 the European Union欧洲联盟 Churchill was not hostile to the continent's attempt at forming a union.丘吉尔并不反对欧洲大陆组建联盟的尝试。 The crisis will be discussed as a meeting of African Union leaders this week.这场危机将在本周的非洲联盟领导人会议上讨论。 see also customs union Union [singular] the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War)（尤指内战时期的）美利坚合众国，美国 the Union and the Confederacy合众国与南部邦联 the State of the Union address by the President美国总统向国会发表的国情咨文 [uncountable, singular] the act of joining two or more things together; the state of being joined together联合；结合；合并 a meeting to discuss economic and currency union讨论经济和货币联盟的会议 union with something Northern Ireland’s union with Britain北爱尔兰同英国的联合 union between A and B the union between mainland Tanzania and the Zanzibar Island坦桑尼亚大陆和桑给巴尔岛的结合 sexual union性结合 Some of the member states wanted a closer union rather than the loose confederation that developed.一些成员国想要结成更紧密的联盟，不想形成这种松散的联合。 a move in the direction of full political union迈向全面政治联合的一步 currency union between the two countries两国之间的货币统一 Collocations Dictionaryadjective close loose full … verb + union create form dissolve … preposition union between union with [countable] (old-fashioned or formal) a marriage结为夫妻；婚姻 Their union was blessed with six children.他们婚后幸得六个儿女。 Topics Life stagesc2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective civil legal holy … verb + union allow recognize 词源late Middle English: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin unio(n-) ‘unity’, from Latin unus ‘one’.
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