This labor union was formed by a group of unions within the AF of L who wanted to extend membership to all industrial workers, regardless of skill, race, or sex. It was headed by John L. Lewis, the president of United Mine workers Union.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:-ive (Suffix) An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive. Origin: From -if (feminine -ive), from -ivus.
-vorous [Latin vorare to swallow, devour] Eating the thing indicated by the prefix or stem (carnivorous, insectivorous). -ward or -wards [Old English suffix -weard; of Germanic origin, but related to Latin vertere to turn] In the direction of the the thing indicated by the stem or prefix (upward, homewards, toward).