How to Use unionization in a Sentence
unionization
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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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