Union commonly refers to: *

Trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

, an organization of workers *

Union (set theory) In set theory, the union (denoted by ∪) of a collection of sets is the set of all elements in the collection. It is one of the fundamental operations through which sets can be combined and related to each other. A refers to a union of ze ...

, in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Union'' (Union album), 1998 * ''Union'' (Chara album), 2007 * ''Union'' (Toni Childs album), 1988 * ''Union'' (Cuff the Duke album), 2012 * ''Union'' (Paradoxical Frog album), 2011 * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Puya * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Rasa * ''Union'' (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009 * ''Union'' (Yes album), 1991 * "Union" (Black Eyed Peas song), 2005

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Union'' (Star Wars), a Dark Horse comics limited series * Union, in the fictional Alliance–Union universe of C. J. Cherryh * '' Union (Horse with Two Discs)'', a bronze sculpture by Christopher Le Brun, 1999–2000 *

The Union (Marvel Team) The Union is a fictional UK superhero team that appear in comic books published by Marvel. The Union has both old and new superheroes within it, including British hero Union Jack and a major new character, Britannia, who leads the new team in ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero team and comic series

Education

Union Academy (disambiguation) Union Academy may refer to: * Union Academy (Bartow, Florida) * Union Academy (Gainesville, Florida) * Union Academy (Macon County, North Carolina) * Union Academy (Monroe, North Carolina) * Union Academy Senior Secondary School, New Delhi ...

, the name of several institutions * Union College (disambiguation), the name of several institutions * Union Institute & University, in Ohio, U.S. * Union Presbyterian Seminary, in Virginia, U.S. *

Union Public Schools Union Public Schools is a public school district located in southeast Tulsa, and northwest Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The school district is the eighth-largest in Oklahoma. Union is notable among school districts in the area because Union does not ...

, a school district in Oklahoma, U.S. *

Union School of Theology Union School of Theology is a Reformed educational institution in Bryntirion in Bridgend, South Wales. The School is part of the wider Christian ministry of Union which also involves church planting and the production of theological resources. ...

, in Wales *

Union Theological College Union Theological College is the theological college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is governed by the Council for Training in Ministry. It is responsible for training people for ministry ...

, in Northern Ireland *

Union Theological Seminary (disambiguation) Union Theological Seminary may refer to: * Albright College, formerly known as Union Seminary, a college in Reading, Pennsylvania * Union Presbyterian Seminary or Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and Presbyterian School of Christian Educati ...

, the name of several institutions *

Union University (disambiguation) Union University is an evangelical Christian liberal arts university in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. Union University may also refer to: * Beijing Union University * Union University (New York) * Union University (Serbia) Union University ...

, the name of several institutions

History and politics

Economic union An economic union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of a common market with a customs union. The participant countries have both common policies on product regulation, freedom of movement of goods, services and the factors of productio ...

, a type of trade bloc *

Political union A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller polities, or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal governm ...

, a type of state which is composed of or created out of smaller states *

Personal union A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interlink ...

, the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch * Poor law union, a former unit of local government in the United Kingdom *

Real union Real union is a union of two or more states, which share some state institutions in contrast to personal unions; however, they are not as unified as states in a political union. It is a development from personal union and has historically b ...

, a union of two or more states, which share some state institutions *

CDU/CSU CDU/CSU, unofficially the Union parties (german: Unionsparteien, ) or the Union, is a centre-right Christian-democratic political alliance of two political parties in Germany: the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Soc ...

, or the Union, a German political alliance *

Union (American Civil War) During the American Civil War, the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States led by President Abraham Lincoln. It was opposed by the secessionist Confederate States of America (CSA), informally called "the Confederacy" or ...

, U.S. states that were loyal to the U.S. federal government * Union (Hungarian-German trade union council) * Union (Madagascar), a political party

Places

Canada

* Union, Elgin County, Ontario * Union, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario * Union, Nova Scotia *

Union, Prince Edward Island Union is a settlement in Lot 4 and Lot 5, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most dense ...

United States

* Union, Alabama *

Union, Connecticut Union is a town located in the northeastern part of Tolland County, Connecticut, United States and is part of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor. The population was 785 at the 2020 census, making it the leas ...

* Union, Illinois * Union, Logan County, Illinois * Union, Indiana * Union, Iowa *

Union, Kentucky is a home rule-class city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 7,416 . The area was rural until residential growth in the 1990s and 2000s. Union is located southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio. Geography Union is located at ...

* Union, Louisiana * Union Parish, Louisiana *

Union, Maine Union is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,383 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage and annual Union Fair. History Union was part of a tract of land called the Muscongus Paten ...

Union, Mississippi Union is a town in Neshoba and Newton counties, Mississippi. The population was 1,988 at the 2010 census. Geography Union is located at (32.571320, -89.118118). Most of the town is in Newton County with a portion extending north into adjacen ...

* Union, Missouri, in Franklin County * Union, Clark County, Missouri * Union, Nebraska * Union, New Hampshire * Union (hamlet), New York, in Madison County *

Union, New York Union is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 56,346. The name derives from the town having served as a rendezvous for the Sullivan Expedition. The town is in the south-cent ...

, in Broome County * Union, Ohio, a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties * Union, Oregon * Union, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) *

Union, South Carolina The city of Union is the county seat of Union County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,393 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Union Micropolitan Statistical Area (population 28,961 according to 2010 Census) ...

* Union, Texas * Union, Virginia * Union, Washington * Union, West Virginia * Union, Barbour County, West Virginia * Union, Wisconsin (disambiguation) *

Arcata, California Arcata (; Wiyot: ''Goudi’ni''; Yurok: ''Oket'oh'') is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay (northern) portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, Arcata's population was 18,857. Arcata was firs ...

, first settled as Union *

Mount Union (Arizona) Mount Union is a mountain located in the Prescott National Forest in central Yavapai County, Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the ...

Elsewhere

* Union, Grenada *

Unión, Paraguay Unión is a town and district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, sever ...

* Union, Bohol, Philippines * Union, Dapa, Philippines *

Union Island Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has a surface of and lies about west-southwest of Barbados within view of the islands of Carriacou and the mainland of Grenada, which lies directly south. Clifton an ...

, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Science and mathematics

, in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets *

Union (SQL) Set operations allow the results of multiple queries to be combined into a single result set. Set operators include UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT. UNION operator In SQL the UNION clause combines the results of two SQL queries into a single table ...

, an set operation *

Union type In computer science, a union is a value that may have any of several representations or formats within the same position in memory; that consists of a variable that may hold such a data structure. Some programming languages support special data ...

, in computer science, a type of data structure

Sports

* 1. FC Union Berlin, a German association football club * Chicago Unions, a professional, Black baseball team that played in the US in the late 19th century, prior to the formation of the Negro leagues. * Chicago Union Giants, a former American baseball team in the

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Union compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the club began playing in 2010 a ...

, a soccer team * Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, a Belgian association football club * Union Race Course, formerly in San Francisco, U.S.

Other uses

* Union (automobile), made by the Union Automobile Company 1902–1905 * Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting * Union (United States coin), a proposed $100 coin * List of ships named ''Union'' *

Gabrielle Union Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade ( Union; born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films '' She's All That ...

(born 1972), an American actress