trade unionist
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˌtreɪdˈjuː.ni.ən.ɪst/ us(US labor unionist)
工会会员
a person who is a member of a trade union (= an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry)
He found work on the docks in Marseille and became an active trade unionist. 他在马赛的码头找到工作,并成为一名活跃的工会会员。
Trade unionists, politicians, and community activists are organizing a march on 19 September . 工会成员、政治家和社区活动家正在组织一场游行,将在9月19日举行。
See: trade union
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- He was a loyal trade unionist in his days as a bus conductor in Glasgow.
- She was a militant trade unionist who made her employer's life a misery.
- Trade unionists and civil activists emphasize that they are not criticizing the government more generally.