A member of a trade union or an advocate of trade unionism.
‘He had made his name as a militant trade unionist and prominent member of the SPD, which he had joined in 1903 in Hamburg.’
‘I am a trade unionist in the Natfhe lecturers' union and have been a reader of Socialist Worker for over 30 years.’
‘Then came the trade unionists, but I was not a trade unionist.’
‘She looks more like a hardboiled academic than a trade unionist who has come through some rough times.’
‘He had dedicated much of his life to serving the community, was a D-Day veteran and had been a trade unionist.’
‘Every trade unionist can collect for the firefighters, raise solidarity, and ensure that people know it is the government which is compromising safety.’
‘Each trade unionist has the power to organise greater numbers around them.’
‘It seems anyone who feels moved to demonstrate about what they believe in is branded a usual suspect: trades unionists, socialist workers, nuclear disarmers, anti-vivisectionists.’
‘Hundreds of jobs have been lost in the heart of the UK's caravan manufacturing industry - but trades unionists do not believe they will be permanent.’
‘They may be secretaries and trades unionists, and I'm sure they're all very good at their jobs, but they don't exactly send the pulse racing.’
‘She had a unique ability to express the aspirations of businessmen and trades unionists, professionals and council tenants.’
‘He was later cleared of any wrongdoing and was adopted by the trades unionists as a martyr marking their struggle through turbulent times.’
‘And I don't just mean religious leaders, trades unionists and peace protesters.’
‘How quaint, we all said, to see trades unionists with megaphones out on the streets demonstrating in defence of their jobs.’
‘We urge all trades unionists and those who support us to take this to heart and stand up for what is right.’
‘Soon after widespread protests and strikes broke out in opposition to the jailing of a leading trade unionist over employer attempts to injuct the unions.’
‘But the consciousness exhibited by workers in these struggles was of a trade unionist rather than social democratic character.’
‘He was a trade unionist who was presented and tried for receiving secret commissions and the case in some respects took some unusual courses.’
‘‘It was a defining moment for South African democracy,’ said a senior trade unionist, who asked not to be named.’
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