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trade unionist

 
 
noun [C] POLITICS

Definition

a member of a trade union, especially a member with an important position: A leading trade unionist has condemned the management payouts.
(Definition of trade unionist noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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