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unionization

[yoon-yuh-nahy-zey-shuhn] / ˌyun yə naɪˈzeɪ ʃən /


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The authors want healthy food to be affordable, and they also want more unionization to boost industry wages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The private-sector unionization rate in the U.S. is still less than 6%, which incidentally is about the percentage of Starbucks stores now unionized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The labor leader cofounded what became the United Farm Workers union alongside Huerta, and was most known for a series of strikes and protests that grew unionization efforts across California.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

The move kick-starts a long-simmering unionization effort that comes amid scrutiny of the electric utility for potential mishandling of the devastating Eaton fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

The next day, a shaken Oppie buttonholed Kamen at the lab and revealed that he had just reported the unionization meeting to Ernest, who “blew a gasket.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik