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unionize, v.|ˈjuːnjənaɪz|
[f. union n.1 + -ize.]
1. a. trans. To form into a union. rare—1.
1841R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. No. 23. 182 The breaking up of the old local, domestic, family system of self-government, by unionizing and centralizing society.
b. esp. To bring under trade-union rules or principles; to cause (persons) to become members of a trade-union.
Freq. since c 1900.
1890Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 18 Nov., It has been decided by the Trades Council to take radical measures..to unionize all work in the building trades. 1903Liberty Review July 16 The servants have been unionised under the rules of the..Federation.
2. intr. To become unionized; to join or constitute a trade union.
1969Computers & Humanities IV. 95 It would be especially inappropriate in this context to get into the question of whether scholar/teachers should unionize or professionalize. 1974J. White tr. Poulantzas's Fascism & Dictatorship vi. iv. 292 The agricultural proletariat unionized in massive numbers. 1978J. L. Hensley Killing in Gold viii. 99 There is a new breed of school-teachers... They unionize, they strike.
Hence unioniˈzation; ˈunionized ppl. a.1; ˈunionizing vbl. n.
1896Proc. Internat. Typogr. Union 30/2, I am sure there would be little to gain in its unionization. 1900Amer. Review of Reviews XXI. 651 This year [sc. 1900] the strikes were notably successful—New England papers reporting that nearly every ‘unionized’ town in that section has now the eight-hour workday for..building trades workmen. 1918World's Work XXXV. 486 The issue of the strike being once more unionization. 1920A. C. Pigou Econ. of Welfare iii. iv. 388 The facts..do not warrant us in supposing that local non-governmental Boards would fail if tried on the less completely unionised soil of the Continent. 1947J. Bertram Shadow of War i. iii. 26 Under the reorganised National Government of 1946, the voluntary unionisation of labour in China is legalised in the country as a whole for the first time. 1957W. H. Whyte Organization Man 42 The employers..resisted unionization. 1978S. Brill Teamsters v. 159 He was..emphasizing the benefits of unionization. 1980Times 23 Jan. 10/6 We should also ask whether big, bureaucratic, hierarchical, highly unionized, cumbersome and cautious local government machines are the best instruments for delivering social services. 1984Guardian 5 Nov. 6/5 Mr Mondale's day started early yesterday with church in Memphis, just as it began on Saturday among unionised car workers outside Detroit. |