unionized

adjective

union·​ized ˈyün-yə-ˌnīzd How to pronounce unionized (audio)
: characterized by the presence of labor unions

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Last fall, unionized workers at Boeing voted down a tentative deal its union leadership had reached with the aircraft maker and started a strike that lasted two months. Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025 Most of those unionized retail workers are in the grocery store sector. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 Plus, around 26% of federal workers are unionized and some are covered by agreements that allow remote or hybrid work, Reuters reports. Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025 Patrollers at Vail and Beaver Creek are not unionized. Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for unionized 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unionized was in 1900

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“Unionized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionized. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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