unionize

Related topics: Labour relations, unions

u·nion·ize (also unionise British English) /ˈjuːnjənaɪz/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

BELif workers unionize or are unionized, they become members of a trade union (使)成立工会；(使)加入工会

—unionized adjectiveadj

—unionization /ˌjuːnjənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -jənə-/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

unionize• Fifty years ago, governments were not unionized.• In the private sector, only 15 percent is unionized.• Osborne believes the only way to give physicians a say in how their patients are cared for is to unionize.• About 10 percent of the private sector and 37 percent in the public sector are unionized, according to the AFL-CIO.• Most of their work force is unionized, as is the shipping industry, which is in Oakland and not San Francisco.• He said that unionized or civil-service workers have protection about what can go in their files.• In 1995, unionized Safeway employees struck for nine days before reaching a contract settlement.

From Longman Business Dictionary