nonunion

adjective

non·​union ˌnän-ˈyün-yən 

1

: not belonging to or connected with a trade union

nonunion carpenters

2

: not recognizing or favoring trade unions or their members

3

: not produced or worked on by members of a trade union

nonunion lettuce

Examples of nonunion in a Sentence

They are cutting costs by using nonunion labor.

It's a nonunion construction firm.

Recent Examples on the Web

But a strike by that many workers would be significant for the largely nonunion sector. —Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025

After winning significant wage and benefit gains from the three companies, the U.A.W. began campaigning to organize nonunion auto plants in the South. —Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025

Resentment also built after the union accepted a series of concessions, including the end of traditional pension plans, in 2011 and 2013, in order to get Boeing to drop plans to build more nonunion plants. —Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024

Even after accounting for demographic, educational, and regional differences in local labor markets, wage inequality is significantly lower among nonunion workers in areas and industries that are highly unionized. —Bruce Western, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for nonunion

• communion
• disunion
• antiunion
• union

Kids Definition

nonunion

adjective

non·​union (ˈ)nän-ˈyün-yən 

1

: not belonging to a trade union

nonunion carpenters

2

: not recognizing or favoring trade unions or their members

nonunion employers

Medical Definition

nonunion

noun

non·​union -ˈyün-yən 

: failure of the fragments of a broken bone to knit together

Legal Definition

nonunion

adjective

non·​union ˌnän-ˈyü-nyən 

1

: not belonging to or connected with a labor union

nonunion carpenters

2

: not recognizing or favoring labor unions or their members

3

: not produced or worked on by members of a labor union

nonunion lettuce