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
  • The result of that battle could help shape the future of unionization at the company.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • 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
  • What’s the impact of a minor-league baseball unionization vote?
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The games industry has seen a wave of unionization efforts in recent years.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • To top it off, Amazon has had to deal with a rising wave of unionization efforts around the world under Jassy’s leadership.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Support for unionization across the industry has held steady.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The unionization effort began late last year at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, ajc, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Amazon has beat back unionization efforts in places like the Albany area and Alabama.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
  • The dancers are expected to vote in favor of unionization this Thursday (May 18), en route to becoming the only unionized strippers in the US.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 17 May 2023
  • However, these outlets account for a small portion of the 9,000 company-run stores and the pace of unionization at the coffee chain is slowing.
    Quartz, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But Starbucks doesn't support unionization and hasn't yet reached a labor agreement at any of its unionized stores.
    TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
  • But Starbucks doesn’t support unionization and hasn’t yet reached a labor agreement at any of its unionized stores.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The threat was levied last year during unionization elections at a pair of Staten Island warehouses.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • But Schultz, who doesn’t think fighting the workers’ unionization effort will tinge the company’s legacy, is not backing down.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In reality, though, the past 72 hours at Northwestern is proof that unionization would be to the coaches’ benefit, too.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Those who had 30 or more years of experience were least likely to support unionization.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The retail sector has a far lower rate of unionization than some other industries.
    Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Rodriguez and Gomez Martinez are supporters of the unionization campaign.
    Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • That became an issue during a contentious unionization drive at the company in 2019.
    Katie Robertson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But baristas there see the announcement as yet another move to squelch their unionization efforts at the coffee giant.
    Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But Georgia has a unionization rate of 4.4%, compared with a national average of 10%.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Democrats in the House pushed the CEOs on issues like racial equity, the unionization efforts at banks, as well as evergreen financial topics like overdraft fees and fraud.
    Ken Sweet, ajc, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Declining unionization has contributed to the growing Black-White wage gap.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • And unionization often creates a ripple effect as non-unionized competitors are forced to raise their own pay.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The board also certified 56 votes against forming a union, giving unionization efforts at Starbucks a success rate of over 90%.
    Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2023

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