unionize
verb
union·ize
ˈyün-yə-ˌnīz 
unionized; unionizing
: to organize into a labor union
: to form or join a labor union
Examples of unionize in a Sentence
Workers are fighting for the right to unionize.
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Still, workers at Google’s Pittsburgh contractor HCL unionized in 2021, the Bethesda Game Studios workers voted to join the Communications Workers of America union, and Code for America reached a collective bargaining agreement with its union, CfA Workers United in 2023.
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Aparna Rae, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The strike comes at a pivotal time for the Off Broadway community, as nonprofit theaters, which traditionally have not been unionized, struggle with both the harsh economics of the post-Covid theater industry and many crew members’ increasing desire for union representation.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
Intentions to unionize: The NewsGuild of New York asked The New York Times to voluntarily recognize journalists from The Athletic, the Times’s sports news website, as part of the newsroom’s union.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Though more ski patrols have unionized in recent years, no ski resort has seen a strike like this in decades.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2025
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Aparna Rae, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The strike comes at a pivotal time for the Off Broadway community, as nonprofit theaters, which traditionally have not been unionized, struggle with both the harsh economics of the post-Covid theater industry and many crew members’ increasing desire for union representation.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
Intentions to unionize: The NewsGuild of New York asked The New York Times to voluntarily recognize journalists from The Athletic, the Times’s sports news website, as part of the newsroom’s union.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Though more ski patrols have unionized in recent years, no ski resort has seen a strike like this in decades.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2025
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unionize
verb
union·ize
ˈyün-yə-ˌnīz
unionized; unionizing
: to form into a labor union
unionization
noun
ˌyün-yə-nə-ˈzā-shən
Legal Definition
unionize
verb
union·ize
ˈyü-nyə-ˌnīz
unionized; unionizing
: to organize into a labor union
to prevent them from unionizing the employees
also
: to establish a labor union in
a unionized shop
: to form or join a labor union
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