trade unionism

[ treyd yoon-yuh-niz-uh m ]

/ ˈtreɪd ˈyun yəˌnɪz əm /

the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.

trade unions collectively.

Also trades-un·ion·ism.

Origin of trade unionism

First recorded in 1870–75

He closes the door to trade-unionism and makes a revolution.

The Beauty and the Bolshevist |Alice Duer Miller
He was, in fact, opposed to the spirit of trade-unionism in medicine.

On the Natural Faculties |Galen
The period has been marked by a rapid growth of Socialism on the continent and of trade-unionism in Great Britain.

The American Empire |Scott Nearing
Civilization may be expressed today in terms of trade-unionism.

War of the Classes |Jack London

People talk of the tyranny of trade-unionism; it would be as easy, perhaps more justifiable, to talk of the tyranny of Capital.

War Letters of a Public-School Boy |Paul Jones.