nonunion
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6.9
- adjective
- /nɑnˈjunɪn/
:
no sindical
- The lowest performing states are either right-to-work states or nonunion states, places with weak teachers unions.
- nonunion musicians
- nonunion members
- nonunion unemployment benefit
Examples
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But as the Sunbelt grew, the nonunion South gave birth to a harsher economic order.
Blog text (1) -
I want all of us to stand together and fight nonunion contractors.
Blog text (5) -
A New Jersey power company spokesman denied Friday that it is turning away nonunion workers.
Blog text (31) -
Nonetheless, union workers generally maintained a 20 percent wage advantage over nonunion workers.
Blog text (1) -
Instead, the Rams hired a band director from a local state university to provide a nonunion band of college musicians for the season.
Academic text (1994) -
In 23 right-to-work states, companies have union as well as nonunion workers on their payrolls.
Blog text (23) -
Employers are not excused from their duty to bargain by claiming that others use nonunion musicians.
Academic text (1994) -
Due to these rules, a dance orchestra leader had found it necessary to dismiss three nonunion orchestra members and replace them with union musicians.
Academic text (1994) -
Organized labor’s rising protests about nonunion immigrant competition also discouraged MacNamara.
Academic text (1991) -
Many companies hire nonunion workers to reduce labor costs and avoid union regulations.
Synonyms
54
5.9
A workplace where employees do not have to join a union
15
6.6
Not officially connected to any group or organization
1
3.7
A worker who is not a member of a trade union
1
7.5
People or workplaces not represented by a group that speaks for workers
Not connected to any group, organization, or political party
Antonyms
How Unionized
- US
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4.4
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6.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonunion is made from non- 'not' and union 'joining together'. It describes workplaces or rules that are 'not part of a labor union'.