Meaning of union In English

• 0 the act or the state of being joined together:

  • Meanwhile the debate on European political and monetary union continues.

  • formal She believes that the union (= marriage) of man and woman in holy matrimony is for ever.

• 1 a trade union UK :

  • the electricians' union

• 2 the act or the state of being joined together

• 3 a political unit made up of two or more separate units such as states

• 4 a labor union

• 5 an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may agree pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers:

  • "No date has yet been set for a strike, the union said in a statement to the press this morning.

  • The unions are on strike over wage concerns.

  • The political activity of each affiliated union is highly regulated by statute.

  • a union spokesman/delegate/negotiator

  • public-sector/public-employee/state-worker unions

  • civil-service/white-collar/blue-collar unions

  • join/belong to a union The new generation of workers is less likely to join a union.

• 6 a group of two or more countries that work together or that have the same government:

  • the European Union

• 7 the act of joining two or more things together, or the state of being joined together:

  • Both bosses had a financial interest in making the merger work, as the success of the union of their two companies showed.

  • economic/political/monetary union