" union "

 [ "union" ]

1: The folks that brought you the weekend

  * e.g.,  ... Unions brought us the weekend. And the 8-hour workday, and safe working conditions requirements, and fair pay for fair work, and protection from management harrassment 

 [ "union" ]

1: Group of workers who work together for eachother. A certant percentage is taken out of the paycheck in order for it to work effectively. Before unions some people had to work 84 hour workweeks in dangerous minds, going to work in the dark and waking up in the dark 6 days a week; and by the end of the week owing the company money.

  * e.g.,  ... It was more like slavery than employment 

 [ "union" ]

1: the only chance that you have at work! to get a fair shake! the only true friend that you can trust at the work place!

  * e.g.,  ... Because my work place doesn't have a union, I take it in the ass! 

 [ "union" ]

1: The only thing that gives the working man a half descent chance at surviving in America. Rich fucking republican pukes hate Unions because they fucking regulate their greedy asses from ripping honest working people off. Unions are also kind of hipocritical in a way seeing as whenever a Union goes on strike, the strikers only get paid $5 an hour why the heads/owners of the unions make a shit load of money. Unions however are still better to have than not to have, so go fucking shove it you fat, lazy, republican pukes.

  * e.g.,  ... "FUCK THIS! I'M ON MY LUNCH BRAKE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! *whips out union card* 

 [ "union" ]

1: A democratic worker organization that enables employees to join together with one another in order to negotiate compensation, benefits, working conditions, and other terms of employment with their employer. Unions ensure that employers are 1) fair, 2) accountable and 3) responsive to employee concerns. Unions establish a process by which to deal with workplace issues and ensure that said process is applied evenly to employees.

  * e.g.,  ... By joining together with my coworkers to form a union, we fought for and won better benefits and a voice at work. 

 [ "union" ]

1:  Workers unite to fight the man; the man is so damn powerful individuals have no chance, but if we all stick together, maybe we've got a chance to earn a decent wage.

  * e.g.,  ...  Thanks to the union for the 40 hour work week, health insurance, sick days... 

 [ "union" ]

2:  The same organization gets people "taken off the schedule" because they won't give up 20% of their paycheck. See irony.

  * e.g.,  ...  This union extortion could turn a democrat into a republican 

 [ "union" ]

1: Unions were designed to help workers and they did. Lives and working conditions for the workers improved. But the power of the unions got out of control as they took control of the government and made laws. Now the government denies a struggling businessman the right to try to get his business out of financial difficulty by cutting workers or their wages. Telliong people how to run their lives, sounds like fascism. Apparently unions think they have the right to a job and because of that the businesses will go out of business and everyone will be out of work.

  * e.g.,  ... Stupid Lawyer: You can't fire that worker, he worked here for ten years. He has family. 

 [ "union" ]

1: Contradiction and the funniest thing you will ever see.

  * e.g.,  ... "Did you see where the business agent got fired by his own union - I wonder who will file his grievance?" 

 [ "union" ]

1: group of people who take breaks and several lunches throughout the day.

  * e.g.,  ... the union told me i work to hard.. 

 [ "union" ]

1: an association that uses thuggery, hooliganism, bribery and blackmail to get the wage level raised above its true value for lazy workers

  * e.g.,  ... those dumb union workers at the printers drove all the print shops out of business and then had no jobs at all