Collocations for the word union when used in the Senate during the 1970s

Collocation	Frequency
trade union	4046
union movement	2449
soviet union	1325
workers union	863
union officials	325
union training	294
union members	217
union official	187
union leaders	185
clerks union	182
farmers union	164
credit union	151
australian union	149
employees union	129
trades union	95
railways union	84
union membership	82
industrial union	79
one union	73
engineering union	66
packers union	64
union secretary	64
union would	61
union organisations	59
union representatives	56
union affairs	47
union elections	45
union organisation	43
union could	42
union member	41
dockers union	39
union bashing	39
union leadership	39
federal union	38
inter-parliamentary union	38
union activity	38
union concerned	36
union ballots	35
union education	35
rugby union	34
union amalgamations	34
student union	32
union leader	32
union may	31
another union	30
telecommunications union	30
union involved	30
union meeting	29
union power	29
union rules	29
union amalgamation	28
union dues	27
union fees	27
union secretaries	27
union councils	26
appropriate union	24
teachers union	23
union activities	23
union bosses	23
musicians union	22
shipwrights union	22
small union	22
union ban	22
union conference	22
union funds	22
peak union	21
state union	20
union ballot	20
union house	20
union meetings	20
industries union	19
police union	19
union demands	19
union jack	19
union made	19
big union	18
union might	18
union people	18
union senator	18
interparliamentary union	17
particular union	17
postal union	17
temporary union	17
union action	17
union representative	17
national union	16
union congress	16
union council	16
union dissolvable	16
union executive	16
union must	16
union representation	16
kindergarten union	15
union field	15
union journal	15
union office	15
union officer	15
union system	15
wing union	15
assistants union	14