unionized

adjective

union·​ized ˈyün-yə-ˌnīzd How to pronounce unionized (audio)
: characterized by the presence of labor unions

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In Oakland, unionized city workers had been ordered to work four days in offices starting in early April, but the mandate was delayed until June 2, while San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie delayed a similar four-day order from April 28 to Aug. 18, according to local media reports. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025 His termination caught employers and unions off guard — coming weeks after the labor contracts covering some 55,000 unionized grocery workers in California had expired — and threw a wrench in negotiations, said Kathy Finn, president of UFCW Local 770. Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025 Multiple unionized tenants have been withholding rent for seven months as of April, in what organizers have described as the Kansas City area’s longest-running rent strike. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025 Los Angeles County is bigger than some states, with a population of nearly 10 million and more than 100,000 mostly unionized public employees. Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unionized

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unionized was in 1900

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“Unionized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionized. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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