Unionise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- Farm workers in the area have begun efforts to unionise and demand better working conditions and wages.
- The newly hired staff are planning to unionise in an effort to secure collective job security.
- The airline pilots have voted to unionise and negotiate better compensation packages with the management.
- Managers are fearing that employees will attempt to unionise in response to new changes in company policies.
- Airport staff were inspired to unionise after seeing the success of striking workers at a nearby airport.
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Meaning 2
Recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The company strictly forbids any external parties from unionising its workforce during working hours.
- Farm workers were actively sought out and encouraged to unionise and fight for their rights.
- Efforts to unionise the plant's employees had been repeatedly thwarted by its management for many years.
- Employees from outside the city arrived in town with a goal of attempting to unionise workers from the local manufacturing industries.
- Factory owners feared that if the employees were able to unionise, they would have the potential to gain too much bargaining power.