(chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc
a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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