Union

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Union generally refers to two or more things joined into one, such as an organization of multiple people or organizations, multiple objects combined into one, and so on. The term may mean:

[edit] In politics

• The Union, referring to the federation that is the United States
  • The Union (American Civil War), the states that did not declare their secession
  • The Union Army, the army of the United States in the Civil War
  • National Union Party (United States), forerunner of the United States Republican Party during the 1864 election
• Act of Union, one of several acts by the English Parliament
  • United Kingdom, the constitutional result of that legislation
• African Union, an inter-governmental organization in Africa
• European Union, a supranational and inter-governmental organization in Europe
• Government of India, known officially as the Union Government
• Personal union, a group of separate, independent states that share the same monarch
• Political union, a type of state composed of smaller states
• Real union, an intermediate step between personal and political union of states
• Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• The Union (political coalition) (l'Unione), a twenty-first century Italian political coalition
• Unionist Party (Canada), known when in power as the Union Government
• Trade union, labor union, employment