unionises

Joins labor group

Unionises is the British spelling of unionizes.

To unionise is to form or join a labor union, or to organize workers into one: The factory workers voted to unionise.

Management may resist efforts to unionise a workplace.

The spelling with -ise is standard in British English, while American English uses -ize.

organizing

collective bargaining

Joint worker-employer talks

shop steward · closed shop · industrial action · negotiation · arbitration · grievance · labor law · collective agreement · work stoppage · labor contract

activism

protest

Public expression of disapproval

march · campaign · grassroots · lobbying · petition · coalition · advocacy · reform · mobilization · direct action

solidarity

brotherhood

Kinship among men

collectivism · cooperation · togetherness · esprit de corps · mutuality · picket line · rank and file · class consciousness · worker solidarity · strength in numbers

Opposites
collective vs individual labor organization

unionisesindividualises

Makes uniquely distinctive

atomizes · fragments

formation vs dissolution of unions

unionisesdecertifies

Revokes official certification

disorganizes · disbands · dissolves · breaks up

collective vs. individual labor organization

unionisesindividualizes

Makes something uniquely distinct

goes it alone

Phrases
Family

unionist, unionism, unionise, unionised, unionising, unionisation

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