unionise
Band together professionally
Unionise is the British spelling of unionize.
To unionise is to form or join a labor union, or to organize workers into one: Factory workers voted to unionise.
The noun form is unionisation.
The word applies both to workers organizing themselves and to outside efforts to bring union representation to a workplace.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
lockout · boycott · picket line · sympathy strike · wildcat strike · slowdown · overtime ban · scab
Joint worker-employer talks
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- organizing driveCampaign to form union
- card checkSigned union membership tally
certification · representation · labor contract · grievance procedure · rank and file · local chapter · membership · ratification
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- cohesionTendency to bind together
fellowship · camaraderie · cooperation · mutual aid · support · loyalty · rank and file · class consciousness
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
industrial action · lockout · boycott · picket line · sympathy strike · wildcat strike · slowdown · overtime ban · scab · strikebreaker
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- organizing driveCampaign to form union
card check · certification · representation · labor contract · grievance procedure · rank and file · local chapter · membership · ratification · decertification
brotherhood
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
cohesion · fellowship · camaraderie · cooperation · mutual aid · support · loyalty · rank and file · class consciousness · common cause
unionisedisband
Formally end a group
dissolve · disorganize · fragment · disperse · disaffiliate
- unionized workersEmployees in collective bargaining
- unionized laborWorkforce with collective representation
- trade unionistLabor organization member
- trade unionismOrganized worker advocacy system
- unionized employeesWorkers with collective bargaining
- unionized workforceEmployees represented by collective bargaining
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