How to Use unionization in a Sentence

unionization

noun
  • But pay fell off a cliff along with unionization rates.
    Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026
  • But Texas has one of the lowest rates of unionization in the country.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
  • Alaska has one of the highest rates of unionization in the country.
    Author: Jacob Resneck, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
  • The chain has also been fighting off a wave of unionization efforts.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The union has made more direct efforts to the unionization process this summer.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2024
  • These factors have put the idea of unionization into many people’s minds.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The closure comes amid a broader unionization push across the country.
    CBS News, 19 July 2022
  • Their vote comes in a time of unionization efforts from coffee shop employees around the city.
    The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022
  • What’s the impact of a minor-league baseball unionization vote?
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The problems at Gimlet came to the fore thanks to a unionization effort.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The games industry has seen a wave of unionization efforts in recent years.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • At least a half dozen more locations are at less-advanced stages in the unionization process, these people say.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • And though companies that reject unionization may see their stock price climb, the hype is often short-lived.
    Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The workers said this had diluted support for unionization at the store.
    Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Alabama, a right-to-work state, has one of the nation’s lowest unionization rates.
    al, 18 Mar. 2021
  • For labor groups, the change expands access to unionization.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
  • This isn't the first coffee shop to seek unionization in Wisconsin.
    Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The result of that battle could help shape the future of unionization at the company.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • Jetson said she and two others were fired after the brothel learned about the unionization effort.
    Jessica Hill, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Over the past year and a half, Starbucks has been waging a bitter fight against unionization efforts.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Production starts just before a unionization vote by plant workers.
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The laws are widely opposed by unions in part because studies have shown that states with right-to-work laws have lower unionization rates.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Either way, there have been no unionization campaigns in professional wrestling since then.
    Brian Jansen, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Howard Schultz, the coffee chain’s billionaire founder, has said the unionization drive felt like an attack on his life’s work.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
  • According to the union, the studio has not yet responded to its unionization attempt.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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