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👷 In a labor union ⚗️ Not charged
unionized

unionized

12 4.4
A workplace where workers are members of a group that talks to the employer for them
  • adjective
  • /ˈjunɪˌnaɪzd/
  • US
translation icon : sindicalizado
  • In a unionized workplace, workers band together to negotiate for fair wages and safer conditions.
  • unionized workers
  • unionized workforce
  • unionized faculty

And so that this is basically explains the decline of the unionized sectors across the developed world.

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Examples

  • How are the seniority rights of unionized employees to be affected by affirmative action programs?

    Academic text (1990)

  • As we heard today, Canada is a more heavily unionized environment.

    Academic text (1996)

  • We do not have a bill of rights for unionized employees, something which I think we missed out on.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Only a small fraction of Indians are employed in the modern, unionized sector.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Last fall, the University of California system became the largest statewide institution with unionized postdocs.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In national data, unionized frontline hotel workers earn 30 percent more than similar non-unionized workers.

    Academic text (2005)

  • According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of unionized private employees fell last year to 7.4 million.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Speaker, the Shirebrook Colliery employed thousands of workers in skilled, well paid, unionised jobs digging coal.

  • The workers at the factory are unionized, ensuring they have collective bargaining rights.

  • Many unionized employees receive better healthcare benefits than their nonunion counterparts.

Synonyms

organized
vsunionized
  • US
34 3.8

A worker or workplace that belongs to a union

denotes the exact single word label for the same belonging
union
vsunionized
3.3

Relating to a workers' group or its members

expresses actual membership instead of only showing a connection

Antonyms

nonunionized
1 7.5

People or workplaces not represented by a group that speaks for workers

How Unionized

unionized
  • US
12 4.4
nonunion
1 4.3

Surface Forms

unionized positive

Morphology

unionized = union (transparent) = union + ized

The word 'unionized' is transparently derived from 'union' with the suffix '-ized' indicating the process of forming or being part of a union.

Etymology

Unionized for workers comes from union 'coming together' plus -ize 'to make', so it means 'made into a union' or belonging to a union of workers.