union movement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunionandmovement
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union
noun
uk/ˈjuː.njən/us/ˈjuː.njən/
the act or the state of being ...
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movement
noun
uk/ˈmuːv.mənt/us/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofunionandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunion movement
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One profound change has been the diminution of the labourunionmovement.
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The success of the tradeunionmovementis evaluated in the light of disadvantages facing it.
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It seemed to be a realistic, second-best solution for theunionmovement.
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By delegitimizing theunionmovement, it undermined the party's immediate electoral prospects.
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I will now turn to the organizational infrastructure of theunionmovement.
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Although state repression of unions was never absent, it was not a major concern of the emergingunionmovementin either country prior to the late 1870s.
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One of the most powerful interest groups constraining the reallocation of public spending comprises public sector employees, who now constitute the core of the tradeunionmovement.
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If employers are deeply hostile to unionism, and have the resources to act on their hostility, pure-and-simple unionism will not be a sensible strategy for theunionmovement.
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Britain has undoubtedly had the strongest tradeunionmovementof the three countries.
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In the 1960s the communist party had become an expressive political force, organised mainly in theunionmovement.
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This undermined the new party's electoral prospects by isolating theunionmovementfrom potential middle-class and working-class allies.
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And, in this national and international context, the political power of theunionmovementis largely circumscribed.
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But that loyalty is closely woven in with a sense of fair treatment, the underlying cause and solidarity of the tradeunionmovement.
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Some government officials were concerned that a new oligarchy was being created that was not tied to theunionmovementbut to organisations that represented the traditional landowners.
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Although repression may politicize its targets and strengthen solidarity within theunionmovementitself, it will simultaneously isolate unionists from potential middle-class allies.
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Other scholars predicate their support for corporatism on theunionmovementadopting a strategic perspective that they label structural or radical reform.
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For instance privatisation and public sector retrenchment weakened theunionmovement, and small and large-scale farmers were split over the issue of liberalisation of agricultural markets.
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Chapter three examines theunionmovement, its response to the crisis and its relationship with rival solidarity unions (company unions).
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