unionize

Verb

Verb Forms: unionized, unionizing, unionizes

• To form or organize into a labor union (American spelling).
• recruit for a union or organize into a union
  • "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
• form or join a union
  • "The auto workers decided to unionize"
• To organize workers into a union.
• Synonym of deionize.
• To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule.
• Synonym of deionize.
• Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state.

Examples

• My uncle got roughed up by some corporate thugs after they caught him trying to unionize their workers.
• She attended a teach-in to learn how to unionize her workplace.
• The company laid off all the workers when they tried to unionize.
• The Scrabble players threatened to UNIONIZE if the prize money wasn’t increased.

Synonyms

organise, organize, unionise