Unions

* Labor unions are organizations that negotiate with employers on behalf of employees.[1]

* The phrase “trade union” is sometimes used as a synonym for “labor union,” but it is also used in a more narrow sense to signify “a labor union of workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.”[2] [3]

* Federal law defines a “labor organization” as:

any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees participate and which...