AFL-CIO, e.g.

noun

1. A unified condition combination, junction

   "a gracious union of excellence and strength"

2. A confederation of independent individuals (such as nations or persons) for some common purpose
3. An organization on a college or university campus providing recreational, social, cultural, and sometimes dining facilities
4. The set of all elements belonging to one or more of a given collection of two or more sets
5. Labor union
6. A device emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties borne on a national flag typically in the upper inner corner or constituting the whole design of the flag
7. The upper inner corner of a flag
8. Any of various devices for connecting parts (as of a machine)

adjective

1. Of, relating to, dealing with, or constituting a union

noun

1. A card certifying personal membership in good standing in a labor union
2. Something that resembles a union card especially in being necessary for employment or in providing evidence of in-group status

noun

1. A local church uniting members of diverse denominational backgrounds in an interdenominational congregation

noun

1. A jack consisting of the union of a national ensign
2. The state flag of the United Kingdom consisting of the union of the British national ensign

noun

1. An establishment in which the employer by agreement is free to hire nonmembers as well as members of the union but retains nonmembers on the payroll only on condition of their becoming members of the union within a specified time

noun

1. An undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece

noun

1. A centrally administered subdivision of India

geographical name

1. City in western California south of Oakland population 69,516
2. City in northeastern New Jersey north of Jersey City population 66,455

geographical name

1. See south africa, republic of