unionize
verb (used with object)
to organize into a labor union; bring into or incorporate in a labor union.
unionized
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past participleof unionize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof unionize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
unionizeverb (used with object)to organize into a labor union; bring into or incorporate in a labor union. -
a word derived from
ionize.
Example Sentences
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The cuts account for about 30% of the company’s workers unionized with The NewsGuild-CWA, a North American labor union of journalists and communications workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The latest blow to McClatchy’s newsrooms came last week when Chatham sent layoff notices to more than 90 unionized journalists and media workers at 17 publications in California and elsewhere across the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“But he still took an oath and he still has to wake up every day and be the boss of a quarter million or so unionized workers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The investment will likely keep unionized plants in Gary, Ind., and near Pittsburgh in service for decades longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
We walked down the valley through the center of town and around a mountainside, past the small, tidy brick houses put up after the mines were unionized.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
