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/jˈunjənˌɪzəm/ Listen

noun

Unionism n.

The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.

The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.

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Etymology of 'Unionism'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unionism" Quotes from Famous Books

... found Scholarships to the Universities; Erect other schools for technical training; Offer to teach trades and agriculture to all comers for nothing—you would soon neutralize your bugbear of trades-unionism; Teach morals, teach science, teach art, teach them to amuse themselves like men and not like brutes. In a land so wealthy the programme is not impracticable, though severe. As the end to be attained is the welfare of future generations, no good reason could be urged why they should ...

— Ginx's Baby • Edward Jenkins

... Slave speculation was forbidden in St. Louis at that time. The Union soldiers had possession of the city, but their power was limited to the suppression of the selling of slaves to got out of the city. Considerable smuggling was done, however, by pretending Unionism, which was the case ...

— The Story of Mattie J. Jackson • L. S. Thompson

... his farm? The argument on the economic side is not so clear, but it is, I think, just as sound. If agriculture is neglected in any country the rural population pour into the towns. The country becomes a fountain of blackleg labor. Rural labor has no traditions of trade unionism, and takes any work at any price. There are fewer people engaged in producing food, and its cost rises. Food must be imported from abroad; and there is national insecurity, as in times of war their is always the danger of the trade routes overseas being blocked by an enemy, and this again has ...

— National Being - Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity • (A.E.)George William Russell

... that the prejudice has a distinct savour of wrong-headedness in each case—but it is questionable if the one is either a bit better, or a bit worse, than the other. The old protectionist theory is the doctrine of trades unions as applied by the squires, and the modern trades unionism is the doctrine of the squires applied by the artisans. Why should we be worse off under one regime than under ...

— Science & Education • Thomas H. Huxley

... years, under much persecution, and stemmed the torrent of opposition, sometimes in secret, before the war. Sister Brice and her husband had been struggling in this city nearly five years, through this bitter hate to the North, contending for Unionism everywhere, through civil, religious, and political life. We called on them, and spent two hours in eating oranges and listening to the fanaticisms and wild conceptions of this misguided people and terror-stricken ...

— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland

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