Unionism

Unionism is a movement based on the ideal of syndicalism and support for the trade union movement, but which exists within the framework of an open capitalist society as an independent participatory private entity.

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For the political meaning in the UK and Ireland, see Unionist.

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Unionism is also a term used by some Christian denominations to describe ecumenicalism.

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Syndicalism: Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front. This emphasis on industrial organisation was a distinguishing feature of syndicalism when it began to be identifie...

Trade union: A union (labor union in American English; trade union in British English and Australian English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is an organisation formed by workers. Most typically, a single union will represent workers in a particular industry (industrial unionism) or craft...

Capitalist: REDIRECT: Capitalism...