How to Use unionization in a Sentence

unionization

noun
  • But Texas has one of the lowest rates of unionization in the country.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
  • But this won't be the end of Amazon's unionization woes.
    — Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The problems at Gimlet came to the fore thanks to a unionization effort.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2021
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941), which makes the case for unionization.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Alaska has one of the highest rates of unionization in the country.
    — Author: Jacob Resneck, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
  • Right-to-work states’ unionization rate is less than half the rest of the country’s, and the overall U.S. rate is at a record low of 10.7 percent.
    — Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Some Google employees expressed support for the unionization push in the lead up to the vote.
    — Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The wage hike comes as Starbucks fends off a unionization effort in New York.
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The union has made more direct efforts to the unionization process this summer.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The result of that battle could help shape the future of unionization at the company.
    — WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • There will probably be pushback from the school to the idea of unionization, so a hearing will take place.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021
  • In the weeks leading up to the union vote, Times management distributed fliers and sent emails that warned of the risks of unionization.
    — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The chain has also been fighting off a wave of unionization efforts.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The same words spoken on a podcast REI made to combat unionization efforts lack the same oomph.
    — Harry Cheadle, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The closure comes amid a broader unionization push across the country.
    — CBS News, 19 July 2022
  • When Nicky brings up Faye, Brett assures her that he’s been a huge ally and that he’s been helping to fast-track the unionization process.
    — Max Gao, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The one holdout is an employee who is leaving soon and didn’t want to get wrapped up in the unionization process, Grob added.
    — Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 2022
  • What’s the impact of a minor-league baseball unionization vote?
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Past unionization efforts at Amazon in the U.S. have failed.
    — Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Over the past year and a half, Starbucks has been waging a bitter fight against unionization efforts.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Their vote comes in a time of unionization efforts from coffee shop employees around the city.
    — The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022
  • These factors have put the idea of unionization into many people’s minds.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This isn't the first coffee shop to seek unionization in Wisconsin.
    — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The vote alone is a massive turn at a company that has long opposed the unionization of its U.S. workforce.
    — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The games industry has seen a wave of unionization efforts in recent years.
    — Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Staff at more stores in the state are expected to go public with unionization efforts in the coming months.
    — Mathew J Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Alabama, a right-to-work state, has one of the nation’s lowest unionization rates.
    — al, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The city also has low rates of unionization (just 5.8 percent are members).
    — Rob Wile, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The 21st century brought booming sales and a contentious years-long unionization effort.
    — Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
  • One of the most important things that President Trump and Republicans in Congress can do is give workers a real voice in unionization elections.
    — Bob Onder, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025

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