trade union movement

Noun trade union movement has 1 sense

• trade union movement(n = noun.group) labor, labor movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement;
has parts: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union
has particulars: i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww, trade unionism, unionism
is a kind of reform movement