Work and business / B2

YOON-ee-uh-n/ˈjuːniən/

A union is a workers’ organisation, or a joining of things or countries: the teaching union; the European Union. Club is social; alliance is a looser pact. The union balloted on strike dates. Mix-up: unique means one of a kind (already in the dictionary). Do not write union for a single staff meeting.

Meaning

An organisation of workers; also the joining of things or countries.

Examples

• “The union balloted on strike dates after the pay offer stalled.”
• “The Act of Union featured in the history paper, which is the political-joining sense.”

Good to know

a trade / students’ union; the European Union; in union with. Trap: unique / unity. Industrial news and history. Organisation or joining, not “special”.

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