0 a person who is a member of a trade union (= an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry): --
Trade unionists, politicians, and community activists are organizing a march on 19 September .
He found work on the docks in Marseille and became an active trade unionist.
1 a member of a trade union, especially a member with an important position: --
A leading trade unionist has condemned the management payouts.
Trade unionists and civil activists emphasize that they are not criticizing the government more generally.
She was a militant trade unionist who made her employer's life a misery.
He was a loyal trade unionist in his days as a bus conductor in Glasgow.
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