unionizing
present participle ofunionize
unionize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyunionise)uk/ˈjuː.njə.naɪz/us/ˈjuː.njə.naɪz/toorganizeworkerstobecomemembersof atradeunion:
They're about tolaunchacampaignto unionizeworkersat allmajorsupermarketsin thearea.
unionizedemployees/labour/workers
Industrial relations
- anti-union
- arbitrate
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- bargaining power
- closed shop
- collective bargaining
- free collective bargaining
- guild
- industrial relations
- inter-union
- labor union
- labour relations
- multi-union
- student union
- the TUC
- trade union
- trade unionism
- trade unionist
- unionize
Examplesofunionizing
unionizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Byunionizing, workers in such industries may be able to obtain higher wages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The wage-earning classes responded with strikes, byunionizingand by committing acts of outright violence.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some company towns tried to become models of social welfare, in order to dissuade workers fromunionizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Workers need to get the word out that the shop isunionizingthrough distributing handbills and holding meetings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to hisunionizingactivities, he apparently became the target of assassination by certain business interests.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has also been a strong supporter ofunionizingworkers, and he has criticized government and business interference with these groups.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With one vote invalidated, the margin was 15-3 againstunionizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company offered small concessions, and the workers returned to work withoutunionizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company, however, refused his services, denied there was a labor problem and said no attempt atunionizingwas being made.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He claimed that he fired herb for her attitude, rather than her efforts in favor ofunionizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It madeunionizingmuch easier and gave public employees the right to strike.
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