unionized

adjective

union·​ized ˈyün-yə-ˌnīzd How to pronounce unionized (audio)
: characterized by the presence of labor unions

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More than 5,000 unionized Starbucks workers at about 300 locations nationwide walked off the job for a strike that went as long as five days in some places to try to push the company to improve the wage offering in contract negotiations. Megan Poinski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 But McCall accused the Japanese company of planning to shift jobs from U.S. Steel's unionized blast furnaces in Pennsylvania and Indiana to nonunion facilities in Arkansas, which Nippon Steel denies. Jeff Stein and David J. Lynch The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025 The United Steelworkers’ union opposed the transaction from the start, questioning Nippon Steel’s commitment to maintaining the American company’s production and unionized employment levels. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 The players then made history by voting to become the first unionized college athletes in history. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unionized 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unionized was in 1900

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“Unionized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionized. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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