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Recent Examples of unionize
This is the second bargaining cycle for Hearst Magazines, whose staffers voted to unionize during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Issues at Bowen Tower Barlow said that she and her neighbors were inspired to unionize after watching the Independence Towers tenant union successfully achieve better living conditions through a similar rent strike nearby.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
College athletes are not currently recognized as employees, which is important under labor law, as only employees can unionize and collectively bargain.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Thanks to years of work by UNITE HERE, the Las Vegas Strip is now 100 percent union, and the United Auto Workers notched an electrifying victory in Chattanooga, Tennessee when workers at the Volkswagen factory voted to unionize.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Issues at Bowen Tower Barlow said that she and her neighbors were inspired to unionize after watching the Independence Towers tenant union successfully achieve better living conditions through a similar rent strike nearby.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
College athletes are not currently recognized as employees, which is important under labor law, as only employees can unionize and collectively bargain.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Thanks to years of work by UNITE HERE, the Las Vegas Strip is now 100 percent union, and the United Auto Workers notched an electrifying victory in Chattanooga, Tennessee when workers at the Volkswagen factory voted to unionize.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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The garden workspace offers ample room to plant seedlings, mix soil, and organize tools with its flat work surface, drawer, hooks, and shelf.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Members of the cast have seen Anderson’s reels, and Beverley Mitchell (Lucy) even collaborated with Anderson on a video where her character goes to therapy.—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The body, called the Intergovernmental Transformation Council, would collaborate with MSCS on academic, fiscal and operational goals.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Unionize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unionize. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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