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deunionize

American  
[dee-yoon-yuh-nahyz] / diˈyun yəˌnaɪz /
especially British, deunionise

verb (used with object)

deunionized, deunionizing

  1. to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).

Other Word Forms

  • deunionization noun

Etymology

Origin of deunionize

de- + unionize

Example Sentences

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“This is an issue of parity. It is not an effort to deunionize but to clarify the paradigm under which unionizing could occur.”

From New York Times

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