Definition

Noun: 1. The process or act of workers forming or joining a labor union: The act of organizing employees into a labor union to collectively bargain with their employer over wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Usage

• Unionization is typically used as an uncountable noun to describe the general concept or process.
• It is often discussed in contexts of labor rights, workplace organization, industrial relations, and economics.
• Common collocations include: , , , , .

Examples

• The workers began the process of unionization to negotiate for better health insurance.
• A successful unionization effort requires support from a majority of the employees.
• The company's management opposed the unionization of its workforce.
• The history of labor in this country is marked by long struggles for unionization.

Advanced Usage

• "To vote on unionization": Refers to the formal process where employees cast ballots to decide whether to form a union.
  • The warehouse staff will vote on unionization next week.
• "Unionization drive": A concerted campaign or effort to organize a group of workers into a union.
  • The recent unionization drive at the tech company has gained national attention.

Variants and Related Words

• Unionize (verb): To form or become a member of a labor union.
  • The factory workers decided to unionize.
• Union (noun): An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
  • She is a member of the teachers' union.
• Unionized (adjective):
  • (Of a workforce or workplace) Having formed or joined a labor union.

    • a unionized factory
  • (Chemistry) A different word entirely, meaning combined with or converted into a union, often referring to ions.

Synonyms

• Organization (of labor)
• Union organizing

Antonyms

• Deunionization
• Decertification (the process of dissolving a union)

Noun

1. act of forming labor unions
   • the issue underlying the strike was unionization