unionize
verb
union·ize
ˈyün-yə-ˌnīz 
unionized; unionizing
: to organize into a labor union
: to form or join a labor union
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Workers are fighting for the right to unionize.
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Workers wanted to unionize, and fought for higher pay and safer working conditions.
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Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Ford was unionized by the UAW in 1941 as executives demanded more from the company’s line workers, whose output was measured down to the second.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2025
In all three cases — that of the prosecutors, the legislative staff and the elections workers — employers have argued the law bars their staffs from unionizing.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
The players, after all, can’t unionize as non-employees and thus can’t collectively bargain rules with the NCAA that would be immune from antitrust scrutiny.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Ford was unionized by the UAW in 1941 as executives demanded more from the company’s line workers, whose output was measured down to the second.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2025
In all three cases — that of the prosecutors, the legislative staff and the elections workers — employers have argued the law bars their staffs from unionizing.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
The players, after all, can’t unionize as non-employees and thus can’t collectively bargain rules with the NCAA that would be immune from antitrust scrutiny.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Unionize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionize. Accessed 8 May. 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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