Examples of unionist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web No mention is made of the Democratic Leadership Council, organized in the 1980s with the aim of moving what had been a pro-labor party to the right and separating it from its unionist base. — John R. Macarthur, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 The AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor organization, on Friday elected Liz Shuler, a longtime trade unionist, to serve as the federation’s first female president, succeeding Richard Trumka, who died unexpectedly earlier this month. — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021 But the ongoing controversy about the Northern Ireland protocol has also exposed deep divisions within unionist communities. — New York Times, 13 July 2021 But summer in Northern Ireland is often a season of unrest, as loyalist and unionist marching bands traditionally parade through the streets. — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021 Unknown to Bharadwaj, a lawyer and trade unionist, her phone number was already on a list that included some selected for surveillance by clients of NSO Group, an Israeli firm. — Washington Post, 19 July 2021 That's angered Northern Ireland's unionist community, and many members of Johnson's Conservative Party, who say the checks amount to a border in the Irish Sea and weaken ties between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K. — Pan Pylas, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021 The Democratic Unionist Party, onetime allies of Mr. Johnson and Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, have called for it to be scrapped. — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 9 June 2021 So far, the anger seems concentrated in unionist and loyalist areas. — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 June 2021

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