| KEIRHARDIE | Scottish trade unionist who founded the Labour Party (4,6) |
| KEIR | ___ Hardie, Scottish trade unionist who founded the Labour Party (4) |
| JIMMY | Scottish trade unionist who became General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1983 (5,5) |
| KNAPP | Scottish trade unionist who became General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1983 (5,5) |
| LECHWALESA | Polish trade unionist who co-founded the Solidarity trade union (4,6) |
| HARDIE | Keir --, Scottish trade unionist and politician, the first leader of the Labour Party (6) |
| LYNCH | Mick ___, trade unionist who led the RMT from 2021 to 2025 (5) |
| BOBHAWKE | Former trade unionist who served as the prime minister of Australia 1983-91 (3,5) |
| SITUATIONS | Nerd shunned by trade unionists in unfortunate sets of circumstances |
| SCARGILL | Trade unionist who led a year-long strike by British miners in 1984-85, Arthur ___ (8) |
| EDMILIBAND | Politician who took over from Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party (2,8) |
| HATTERSLEY | Deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1983-92 (3,10) |
| ADULATE | Notice Unionist who's left us flatter |
| MICKLYNCH | Trade unionist born in 1962 who leads the main rail workers' union (4,5) |
| STUC | The cuts must be raised at the trade unionists' Scottish group (1,1,1,1) |
| BEVIN | Ernest _; Labour trade unionist and General Strike organiser (5) |
| WALESA | Lech ___, Polish trade unionist and statesman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 (6) |
| TRANSITION | Trade unionist not due for changeover (10) |
| TURNINTO | Angry trade unionist abandons revolutionary ideas to become ? (4,4) |
| BROTHER | Trade unionist runs into trouble |
