deunionize

especially British, de·un·ion·ise

[dee-yoon-yuh-nahyz]

verb (used with object)

deunionized, deunionizing 

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

Other Word Forms

• deunionization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deunionize¹

de- + unionize

Example Sentences

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

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