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- verb UK Alternative spelling of
unionize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb recruit for a union or organize into a union
- verb form or join a union
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Examples
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Jenn, I have being attempting to unionise the bunnies for two years now, with little or no success.
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Anyone with any investment in the feminist ideal of equality for all must surely agree that the proposals do not advance that aim in any way at all; in fact, it would seem more equitable to decriminalise and unionise sex work.
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It's a question of corruption in high places and power to the people in Steeltown USA where the local steelworkers are trying to unionise against the opposition of corrupt wealthy bigwig Mr Mister.
This week's new theatre Mark Cook 2010
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Anyone with any investment in the feminist ideal of equality for all must surely agree that the proposals do not advance that aim in any way at all; in fact, it would seem more equitable to decriminalise and unionise sex work.
Safety first 2008
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If illegal immigrants were somehow raptured away, their US citizen replacements would still be shittily paid, denied benefits, fired for trying to unionise, shoddily compensated for illness and injury on the job.
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Government legislation allows any firm with more than 20 employees to unionise.
Doing business in Mexico: general legal, business & entry issues 2007
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I'm not sure it's going to be possible to unionise the White House.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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Seconding Kazinski that the relevant covenant should be that they will not unionise.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What New Bond Covenants Would You Demand 2009
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I'm not sure it's going to be possible to unionise the White House.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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If illegal immigrants were somehow raptured away, their US citizen replacements would still be shittily paid, denied benefits, fired for trying to unionise, shoddily compensated for illness and injury on the job.
kewpid commented on the word unionise
Means completely different things (and pronounced differently) to a chemist and an economist.
October 22, 2007