How to Use unionization in a Sentence

unionization

noun
  • But Texas has one of the lowest rates of unionization in the country.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
  • But this won't be the end of Amazon's unionization woes.
    Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The union has made more direct efforts to the unionization process this summer.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The result of that battle could help shape the future of unionization at the company.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • The chain has also been fighting off a wave of unionization efforts.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The same words spoken on a podcast REI made to combat unionization efforts lack the same oomph.
    Harry Cheadle, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The closure comes amid a broader unionization push across the country.
    CBS News, 19 July 2022
  • The one holdout is an employee who is leaving soon and didn’t want to get wrapped up in the unionization process, Grob added.
    Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 2022
  • What’s the impact of a minor-league baseball unionization vote?
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Over the past year and a half, Starbucks has been waging a bitter fight against unionization efforts.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Their vote comes in a time of unionization efforts from coffee shop employees around the city.
    The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022
  • These factors have put the idea of unionization into many people’s minds.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The games industry has seen a wave of unionization efforts in recent years.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Staff at more stores in the state are expected to go public with unionization efforts in the coming months.
    Mathew J Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The white whale of flight attendant unionization efforts is Delta Air Lines.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 27 July 2024
  • The vote showed that most of the employees supported unionization, with seven out of nine voting in favor of the cause.
    Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022
  • To top it off, Amazon has had to deal with a rising wave of unionization efforts around the world under Jassy’s leadership.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The union lost a unionization election last month at Mercedes plants in Alabama, but has now turned its attention to a Hyundai plant in the same state.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • The laws are widely opposed by unions in part because studies have shown that states with right-to-work laws have lower unionization rates.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The store has 26 workers, Grob said, of which 25 have signed union cards indicating their support to vote for unionization.
    Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 2022
  • Support for unionization across the industry has held steady.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Calls for unionization have been growing across the U.S., where Amazon is the second largest employer.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The unionization effort began late last year at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, ajc, 26 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a lot at stake for a company that isn’t unionized and has long resisted unionization, but the law and the labor board don’t take kindly to tactics that cross the line.
    Aron Solomon, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Amazon has beat back unionization efforts in places like the Albany area and Alabama.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
  • Next up is Mercedes in Vance, Alabama, where more than 5,000 workers will vote next month on unionization.
    Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The dancers are expected to vote in favor of unionization this Thursday (May 18), en route to becoming the only unionized strippers in the US.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 17 May 2023
  • However, these outlets account for a small portion of the 9,000 company-run stores and the pace of unionization at the coffee chain is slowing.
    Quartz, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Inadequate pay is a major factor, said Lucy Frick, a public defender and leader of the unionization effort.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Elise’s story feels relevant and timely—a gesture toward the resurgence of unionization efforts taking place today.
    Dominique Grange, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2024

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