How to Use anti-union in a Sentence
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            The anti-union stance at Starbucks must be laid at his door.
                        
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
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            Police and fire unions have been carved out of anti-union laws for decades.
                        
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
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            The fruits of the collective agreement are a sign that the anti-union era sparked more than 40 years ago is over.
                        
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
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            One of my coworkers was telling me that one of the regional ladies was reading from a script, their first anti-union screed.
                        
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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            These days, White wears an anti-union sticker on his shirt and carries extras to hand out to whoever wants one.
                        
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
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            And on Wednesday, the Biden campaign announced the release of a new ad in Michigan attacking Trump as anti-union.
                        
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
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            In 1960, the actors’ strike was led by none other than Ronald Reagan, who went on to become one of the country’s more anti-union Presidents.
                        
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
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            Among other provisions, the act would override state right-to-work laws, racist and anti-union statutes that are common in southeastern and heartland states.
                        
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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            Amazon responded to the Garner union drive with a barrage of anti-union messages in the warehouse, on a website, and sent through its AtoZ app to employees.
                        
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
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            Starbucks’s anti-union campaign has been most intense in Buffalo, a working-class city where the union drive began.
                        
—Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
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            The memes range from harping on Musk’s outspoken anti-union rhetoric amid the historic Detroit auto workers’ strike to more, well, crude content.
                        
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
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            Tesla will have to skip trash day in Sweden as the country’s labor groups continue to protest the company’s anti-union policies.
                        
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2023
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            That would be a blessing for Elon Musk and his historically anti-union Tesla.
                        
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
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            Cheered on by Otis and the Times, L.A. leaders passed a law banning picketing and the city became a national symbol of anti-union sentiment.
                        
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
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            This is the Deep South, after all, where anti-union attitudes are enshrined in state constitutions.
                        
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024
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            Instead of following the same playbook of anti-union practices, Wells Fargo needs to work with us to find solutions and better serve our customers.
                        
—Debbie Warren, Fortune, 10 July 2023
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            Colorado unions and the state legislature are pushing for the state to stand with workers by repealing this anti-union artifact.
                        
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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            In the filings, the company was further accused of forcing workers to attend anti-union meetings that were set up to discourage them from joining the union.
                        
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2023
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            His testimony comes as Starbucks employees walked out of more than 100 stores last week across the United States to protest the company's anti-union efforts.
                        
—Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
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            Michigan recently became the first state in more than half a century to restore power to workers by repealing its anti-union right-to-work law.
                        
—Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
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            Starbucks shareholders want more information about the company's anti-union efforts Starbucks and the union have yet to sign a contract.
                        
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
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            In recent weeks, a number of Alabama politicians have spoken out against the vote, concerned that their state's pro-business, anti-union reputation could take a hit.
                        
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 13 May 2024
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            But unlike at Volkswagen, Mercedes workers say they have been barraged at work with anti-union videos highlighting the failures of unions elsewhere and forced to join closed-door meetings with lawyers.
                        
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 13 May 2024
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            These anti-union ads are an attempt to combat the new legislation and blunt recent organizing wins.
                        
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
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            Amazon has an anti-safety, anti-union track record Amazon’s workplace safety has come under scrutiny in the past.
                        
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023
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            Schultz's testimony comes after Starbucks employees walked out of more than 100 stores last week to protest the company's anti-union efforts.
                        
—Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
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            The plants have television monitors in break rooms and cafeterias that run pro-company and anti-union messaging.
                        
—Stephen J. Silvia, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
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            Whether that sentiment translates into action remains to be seen, but the recent firings suggest that Starbucks is sticking with its anti-union stance.
                        
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
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            But the prospect of further flight of manufacturing facilities to southern anti-union states has motivated the union’s drive for safeguards against plant closings in the North and Midwest.
                        
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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            Some voices on the left are saying DEI was never much more than a tool for corporations to distract attention from anti-union activity.
                        
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
 
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