international union

collocation in English

meaningsofinternationalandunion

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international
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving more than ...
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union
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.njən/us
/ˈjuː.njən/
the act or the state of being ...
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(Definition ofinternationalandunionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A sporting celebration of thatinternationalunionis very valuable in today's society.
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In forming that judgment, what does theinternationalunionsee?
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We as a union have constantly been trying to do something about these problems because we are aninternationalunion.
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He quickly reorganized the union, a move which became a hallmark of his later career asinternationalunionpresident.
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The same year he was elected president of his local, he was hired by theinternationalunionas a full-time organizer.
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Local unions are chartered organizations of the national orinternationalunionto which they belong.
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He was appointed a financial auditor for theinternationalunionin 1928, and was elected an international vice president in 1938.
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He was elected a vice-president of theinternationalunionin 1970.
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Theinternationalunionrealized that the industry consisted of the union's core industries, retail pharmacy and healthcare, agriculture, food processing and textiles-with hemp.
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It generatedinternationalunionattention, and critics charged that the trial and conviction were unfair.
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All membership cards were issued in secret, as members not of a local, but of theinternationalunion.
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Mathis was appointed a vice president of theinternationalunionin 1972 to fill an empty seat.
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Wall was a strong proponent of mergers between various maritime unions, and the organizing of aninternationalunionto cover all maritime workers.
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He became his local union's business manager in 1962 and aninternationalunionrepresentative in 1964.
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He was elected secretary-treasurer of theinternationalunionin 1993, and again in 1997.
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Becker was also active ininternationalunionaffairs.
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Union members appealed the election results to theinternationalunion, which rejected the complaint.
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The fact remains that the international unions of scientists (this matter was raised by them) feel strongly about this.
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Many national and international unions refused to join, few unions abided by its jurisdictional decisions, and membership on the local level was spotty.
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For example, several international unions gave a total of $12,000 in early 1928.
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