1. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement; [syn: labor movement, trade union movement, labor]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trade union movement
n 1: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by
united action (particularly via labor unions) or the
leaders of this movement [syn: labor movement, trade
union movement, labor]