union headquarters

collocation in English

meaningsofunionandheadquarters

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union
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.njən/us
/ˈjuː.njən/
the act or the state of being ...
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headquarters
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌhedˈkwɔː.təz/us
/ˈhedˌkwɔːr.t̬ɚz/
the main offices of an organization such as the army, the police, or a ...
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(Definition ofunionandheadquartersfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunion headquarters

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I intend before long to visit the tradeunionheadquarters.
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But there is grave suspicion now in the various tradeunionheadquarters.
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They have not been telling theunionheadquarters.
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It was so timed that it arrived at theunionheadquartersafter it was closed.
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Consequently, more often than not there is a stoppage of work on the initiative of the men themselves about which theunionheadquarters, even at district level, are completely ignorant.
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When he referred to his local union officials, they told him to claim the money back fromunionheadquarters.
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They will certainly need to do so, because the code later talks about the need for pickets to keep in touch with tradeunionheadquarters.
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They refer to the need to keep in touch withunionheadquartersand permit the distribution of badges.
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Everybody put his vote in an envelope, which was sealed and sent back to theunionheadquarters.
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The two parties hadunionheadquartersin the same street.
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The pickets returned to theunionheadquartersto ask for help.
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Members sabotaged factory equipment and broke into factory offices and tradeunionheadquarters.
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Many people hid away in theunionheadquarters; inside, some of them climbed up the courtyards wall to the next houses.
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Coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, the trio hatch a plan to rob a safe atunionheadquarters.
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Police then used this infraction to raid a peaceful crowd that was gathered in front of theunionheadquarters.
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A delegation of 17 volunteers was sent to theunionheadquarters, to insist on the declaration of a general strike.
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Jones gave a pep talk at theunionheadquarters.
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