unison
Definition
Politics
- noun
(written as UNISON)
the UK’s largest trade union (over 1.3 million members), representing people working in public services and utilities. It was formed in 1993 when three major public sector unions, National Association of Local government Officers (NALGO), National union of Public Employees (NUPE) and confederation of Health Service Employers (COHSE), merged.
Origin & History of “unison”
Unison originated as a musical
term, denoting ‘of the
same sound’. It comes via Old French
unison from late Latin
ūnisonus, a
compound adjective formed from
ūnus ‘one’ and
sonus ‘sound’ (
source of
English sound). The metaphorical
sense ‘agreement, concord’ emerged in the 17th
century.
