company union

American  

noun

1. a labor union dominated by management rather than controlled by the membership.

2. a union confined to employees of one business or corporation.

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company union British  

noun

1. an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise

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Etymology

Origin of company union

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

More than 40 people in the news division were cut, a company union said, though a number of them were later offered jobs elsewhere inside Google.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

California will be the first location for the company union partnership.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

The animators opted to be represented by the confrontational Screen Cartoonists Guild rather than the pro-management "company union," the American Society of Screen Cartoonists.

From Salon • May 16, 2022

The man calling was Marvin Miller, whom I knew of as the labor leader who had transformed the Major League Baseball Players Association from a company union to the most successful labor organization in America.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2012

A committee went to see Mr. Slick, the head of the Company, who refused to meet it, stating that if the men had any grievances they could take them up through the company union.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.