How to Use union in a Sentence

union

1 of 2 noun

• She joined the teachers' union.
• An embryo is created through the union of sperm and egg.
• The state of the union is fine, but how are its people?
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• Others take issue with the unions at the forefront of the protests.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• The newsroom’s union staged a one-day walkout in protest of the layoffs.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
• The inventions will keep coming, whether the unions like it or not.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• The budget cuts drew fury from the city's teachers and police unions.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
• Condé Nast has for months been engaged in a standoff with its union.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
• The union has made that a top priority this time around.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
• On March 27, the union, which represents most of the city’s officers, sued Moore.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• So the union between Elodie and Prince Henry is a trap, a sinister plot to sacrifice the princess to the dragon.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
• On Wednesday, the union announced that 92% of Powell’s workers have voted to go on strike.
  — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• Starbucks has pushed back hard against the union campaign brewing in its coffee shops.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• Biden, wearing a union ball cap and carrying a bullhorn, stood with Fain at the picket line.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
• Striking workers are receiving $500 a week from the union's strike pay fund.
  — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Striking workers are receiving $500 a week from the union’s strike pay fund.
  — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
• Leaders from the two major train crew unions and a firefighters’ union joined Buttigieg at the event announcing the rule.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
• If the performer in question is dead, the studio must clear it with a representative or with the union.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• The company has refused to extend that language, the union coalition said.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
• The strike will end when the studios and the union agree on a new contract, and the majority of union members vote to ratify that contract.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
• But Hawley is showing support for left-wing unions in more than just photo ops.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
• The union will continue striking until a deal is reached, Petersen said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• The union said in a news release Wednesday that more than 30% of the Mercedes-Benz plant’s workforce signed union authorization cards.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
• Gypsy’s dad and stepmom, who forged a strong bond with her over the past eight years while providing for her needs in prison, were initially against the union.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 7 Jan. 2024
• Republicans who seek the ‘union vote’ or push for union endorsements are on a fool’s errand.
  — John Tillman, National Review, 16 Nov. 2023
• The message from the union triggered calls to boycott Starbucks, when some appeared to mistake the union's position for that of the company.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• After 70 percent, the UAW will demand that the company recognize the union.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• Modern pensions are largely confined to the public sector, where unions have helped keep them alive.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
• Gossip hounds suspected the other man was Simpson —and that their union produced Khloe, who does bear a striking resemblance to him.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
• Democrats had shifted away from their heavy dependence on unions in recent decades, but Biden and others have worked to keep those lines of connection active, strongly backing the efforts of the UAW and others.
  — Ron Elving, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024

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union

2 of 2 adjective

• The case could decide the fate of a pro-union law dating back to the era of César Chávez.
  — Brian McGill, WSJ, 7 June 2021
• The industry has long been fraught with challenges for the non-union workforce.
  — Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
• Three non-union stores in Seattle received the same notice.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022
• Apple even hired the same anti-union lawyers as Starbucks.
  — Quartz, 1 Nov. 2022
• According to the pro-union group More Perfect Union, unions have won 122 elections.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2022
• Scabs refers to non-union employees who were brought in to work as replacements for the workers on strike.
  — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2022
• For Asians, non-union male workers make $230 a week more than unionized workers.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
• Chicago Democrats touted the state’s pro-union stance and its deep base of political donors.
  — Greg Bluestein The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 12 Apr. 2023
• Passing a pro-union bill that creates troubling safety incentives is not the way to do that.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Mar. 2023
• The plant, like the Japanese automaker’s other factories in the U.S., are non-union.
  — Keith Laing, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2021
• Earlier in the campaign, Lasry released a pro-union blueprint to raise wages.
  — Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
• With large numbers of people leaving who’ve climbed to the top of the salary ladder, money could be freed up to improve pay for non-union managers.
  — Jon Lender, courant.com, 29 May 2021
• In the longer term, Amazon may be betting that some pro-union employees will move on to other jobs, Christman said.
  — NBC News, 25 Apr. 2022
• Disney's policy will apply to all salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. working at any of its sites.
  — NBC News, 30 July 2021
• He was fired after six months for his pro-union activities.
  — Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2021
• So far, its efforts have fizzled amid concerns about traffic and lower-wage, non-union jobs.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• In the non-union jobs, there was arbitrary discipline, pay cuts, and termination of long-term workers, where in the union shop, those things were rare.
  — Jim Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
• The auditions in Arlington seek non-union vocalists and dancer/singers (ages 18 to 30) from Dallas-Fort Worth.
  — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Instead, the pros said, the main sources of non-union jobs are music videos, documentaries and extremely low-budget films.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Wesley told him that anti-union workers were spreading false rumors that Smalls had bought her a Mercedes.
  — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
• The employees also say their stores have been visited by out-of-town managers and higher-ups like Rossann Williams who show up to press the anti-union case.
  — Josh Eidelson, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2021
• Under the surface, both unions suffered from a growing anti-union climate.
  — Peter Labuza, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
• Amazon countered with the full force of its anti-union apparatus.
  — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2022
• The deal does not include non-union employees and state legislators.
  — Kaitlin McCallum, courant.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• Biden, a Democrat, has described himself as the most pro-union president in history.
  — Reuters, CNN, 23 May 2022
• Disney announced last month that all non-union hourly and salaried employees would be required to receive the vaccine within 60 days.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2021
• After six years, Sophie took a non-union job as a project accountant in the construction industry.
  — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• The non-union employee pay will increase 2.5%, effective Jan. 1.
  — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021
• The vote is notable considering the company’s anti-union stance.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• Chicago is solidly blue and holding the convention in a pro-union city could demonstrate Biden's strong support for organized labor, which could be critical to his chances of winning a second term in the White House.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024