unionize
verb (used with object)
to organize into a labor union; bring into or incorporate in a labor union.
unionise
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a variation of
unionize.
Example Sentences
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Jordan Garland, a former senior production co-ordinator, said many staff members wanted to unionise because "we were so passionate about the industry and that workplace in particular".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
At Starbucks, where the first coffee shop voted to unionise in 2021, workers also recently authorised a labour strike, accusing the company of dragging its feet on negotiations.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
Vianey Rweyendela, country manager of Agra Tanzania, encourages farmers to unionise and form cooperatives.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2022
He also has contacts in more than a dozen other warehouses around the country that he hopes to unionise should he prove victorious.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
Mothers can't strike, or unionise, or make demonsterations.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 by Various
