John McDonnell

New Labour has systematically alienated section after section of our natural supporters - teachers, health workers, students, pensioners, public service workers, trade unionists and people committed to the environment, civil liberties and peace.

British Politician

Gerry Adams

The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

Irish Politician

Earl Browder

I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.

American Activist

Leon Jouhaux

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world.

French Leader

Pooja Bhatt

My dear friend Randeep Hooda says I am more a unionist than an actor. I reminded him I was a star and not just an actor.

Indian Director

Martin Niemoller

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.

German Clergyman

Ernest Bevin

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

British Public Servant

Charles Kennedy

You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

Richard Attenborough

English Actor

Jeremy Corbyn

Unionist often refers to someone in the labor movement, supporting worker collectives.

Labor Movement

Unionists advocate for employee benefits and working conditions, not just union membership.

Pro-worker Stance

In political contexts, unionist often relates to the support of certain national unions.

Political Specific

The term has strong ties to Northern Ireland politics in the UK context.

Regionally Tied

In a historical sense, unionists were aligned with the Union side during the American Civil War.

Civil War Context

The term is archaic and specific to U.S. history when referring to the Civil War supporters.

Historic Relevance

 particularly plaintive story because her family was staunch unionists in a town that was predominantly pro-confederate friendships was shattered and when the