unionize
Band together professionally
To unionize is to organize workers into a labor union or to join one: The warehouse employees voted to unionize.
Management may resist unionization efforts, while organizers work to unionize a workplace by building support among employees.
A unionized workforce has collective bargaining rights.
The word can also mean to subject to union rules: The industry was unionized in the 1930s.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- slowdownReduction in pace
boycott · lockout · industrial action · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · overtime ban · blue flu · shutdown
Joint worker-employer talks
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- local chapterArea-based organizational division
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- labor organizerOne who mobilizes workers
membership · dues · certification · affiliation · representation · organizing · grassroots · community organizing
Enforceable written agreement
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
labor dispute · unfair labor practices · labor law · ratification · concession · impasse · seniority · benefits
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
fellowship · collectivism · cohesion · camaraderie · togetherness · cooperation · mutuality · esprit de corps
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
slowdown · boycott · lockout · industrial action · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · overtime ban · blue flu · shutdown · demonstration
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- local chapterArea-based organizational division
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
labor organizer · membership · dues · certification · affiliation · representation · organizing · grassroots · community organizing · campaign
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
negotiation · labor dispute · unfair labor practices · labor law · ratification · concession · impasse · seniority · benefits · wages
brotherhood
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
comradeship · fellowship · collectivism · cohesion · camaraderie · togetherness · cooperation · mutuality · esprit de corps · consensus
- joiningjoin, attach, fasten, connect, bind
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- work verbswork, hire, fire, quit, resign
unionizedeunionize
Eliminate labor organization
decertify · atomize · individualize · right-to-work · privatize
- unionized workersEmployees in collective bargaining
- unionized laborWorkforce with collective representation
- unionized employeesWorkers with collective bargaining
- unionized workforceEmployees represented by collective bargaining
unionizes, unionized, unionizing, unionise, unionised, unionising, nonunionized, unionises