How to Use unionized in a Sentence
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Many chose white collar or tech jobs that don’t tend to be unionized.
—Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2021
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Krebs said the gap between unionized and nonunion plants is shrinking.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 June 2019
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Minor league players aren’t unionized and their salaries are set by the teams.
—Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021
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Right-to-work allows those in unionized jobs to opt out of paying union dues and fees.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
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Workers here cannot be forced to join unions or pay dues, even if their workplace is unionized.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024
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But few offer the pay or protection once promised by a unionized mill.
—Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2020
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The four unions represent more than half of the unionized rail workers.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
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Their jobs were more likely to be unionized, and to provide pensions.
—James Chappel, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2021
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Right-to-work states are those where employees don't have to join a union if their workplace is unionized.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2020
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Santos Padilla worked as a line cook for years in a unionized restaurant.
—Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 25 Jan. 2021
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The jobs that exist pay poorly, even in many of the unionized industries.
—Nikil Saval, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
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At least some of the new jobs, assembling electric trucks, are likely to be unionized.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
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Kroger and Albertsons are the rare unionized shops in retail.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
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In fact, the state is home to the only Mercedes-Benz plant in the world that isn't unionized.
—Joseph Pisani, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
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Does using a unionized labor force have an impact on project cost and timeliness?
—Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
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Now, all of the state’s unionized workers will get the 2% increases that were in their contracts.
—Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 16 Dec. 2020
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In the larger scheme of things, unionized media workers are starting to see the world and themselves in a new light.
—Clio Chang, The New Republic, 11 July 2019
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The unionized workers will receive 36 hours of pay per week, as outlined in a contract.
—Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
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For Asians, non-union male workers make $230 a week more than unionized workers.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
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At least 51 of the state’s 180 nursing homes include unionized staff.
—Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
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At labor's peak in the mid-20th century, over a third of the workforce was unionized.
—Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
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American has more unionized employees than any airline in the world.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
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At that point most of the railroads already had been unionized, some all the way back to the mid-19th century.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 2 Dec. 2022
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Starbucks United said the new strike is open-ended and could spread to many more unionized locations.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
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The employees at the Lebanon and Jacksonville sites are not unionized and do not have bumping rights.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Apr. 2025
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No doubt a union push will be a challenge at US banks, where fewer than 1% of workers are unionized.
—Sarah Todd, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2021
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The number of non-union Starbucks locations dwarfs the number of unionized ones.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
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The state’s right-to-work law allows employees to opt out of joining a union and paying the dues even if the workforce is unionized.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
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But unionized workers aren’t the only ones Gloria protects.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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This would be Amazon’s first unionized warehouse in the United States.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2021
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