unionized

adjective

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

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Pabst Theater Group and its roughly 80 unionized workers have agreed to a new three-year contract. Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024 Over 95 percent of private-sector unionized workers today never voted for their union to represent them. The Editors, National Review, 3 Dec. 2024 Additionally, investigators found that US Framing West failed to fulfill requirements to pay a prevailing wage — typically a rate similar to that of unionized workers, often well above minimum wage for specialized jobs — on a public works project in Cathedral City. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 The plane maker had seen most of its airplane production halted since the middle of September as more than 32,000 of its unionized machinists went on strike . Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unionized 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 21 Dec. 2024.

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