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How to pronounce unionize in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms organise, organize, unionise
Type of fall in, join, get together
Derivation union, unionization


The auto workers decided to unionize.
Type Words
Synonyms unionise
Type of recruit, enrol, enter, inscribe, enroll
Derivation union, unionization


We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers.

Examples of unionize

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Workers whose employers mistreat them should and do have the right to unionize.
From the kansas.com
It would allow workers to unionize if a simple majority sign authorization cards.
From the businessweek.com
They cannot unionize and are exempt from overtime and minimum-wage protections.
From the washingtonpost.com
Boston patrolmen trying to unionize wanted a raise and better working conditions.
From the boston.com
Des Peres Hospital nurses voted by 2-to-1 margin three weeks later to unionize.
From the stltoday.com
Or that there would be a new attack on the right of public workers to unionize?
From the sacbee.com
He helped unionize players on the field so they would have benefits off the field.
From the dispatch.com
They came to New York to encourage fast-food workers in their efforts to unionize.
From the cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
After their vote to unionize, the workers began to negotiate their first contract.
From the bostonherald.com
More examples
  • Recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
  • Form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize"
  • (unionized) nonionized: not converted into ions
  • (unionization) act of forming labor unions; "the issue underlying the strike was unionization"
  • (Unionized) A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English) is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. ...
  • (Un-ionized) The neutral form of an ionizable compound (such as an acid or a base).
  • (Unionized) Isaac Asimov introduced this shibboleth that distinguishes chemists from non-chemists. When reading this word aloud with no context, a chemist will pronounce it "un-ionized", whereas a non-chemist will pronounce it "union-ized".
  • The unionization rate is defined as the percentage of employees belonging to a union, and does not include those who are covered by a collective agreement but do not belong to a union.