tổng công đoàn
Definition
- Noun:
- General Trade Union Federation: The central leading body or national federation of trade unions in a country. It is the highest-level organization that unites and represents multiple individual trade unions or labor unions.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tổng công đoàn đang đàm phán với chính phủ về mức lương tối thiểu mới. (The General Trade Union Federation is negotiating with the government about the new minimum wage.)
- Công nhân nhà máy là thành viên của một công đoàn thuộc tổng công đoàn. (The factory workers are members of a union affiliated with the General Trade Union Federation.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often part of the official name of a specific national labor federation, such as the (Vietnam General Confederation of Labor).
Variants and Related Words
- Công đoàn (n): Trade union; labor union. A specific organization representing workers in a particular industry or company.
- Liên đoàn lao động (n): Labor federation; labor confederation. A broader term for a federation of trade unions.
Synonyms
- Labor federation
- Trade union confederation
- National trade union center
Notes on Usage
- "Tổng công đoàn" is a formal and institutional term. In everyday conversation about a specific workplace union, the simpler word "công đoàn" is more commonly used.
- It functions similarly to terms like "AFL-CIO" (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) in the United States or "TUC" (Trades Union Congress) in the United Kingdom, representing the peak national body for organized labor.
