unionized worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunionizeandworker
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unionize
verb[T]
uk/ˈjuː.njə.naɪz/us/ˈjuː.njə.naɪz/
to organize workers to become members of a ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofunionizeandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It measures the percentage of unionized workers in the whole labour force.
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Some evidence suggests that men tend to value their retirement program more highly than women, and, surprisingly, unionized workers tend to value it less than non-unionized workers.
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In the 1960s and later, the established places and identities of unionized workers began to be perceived as problematically stable because they were significantly impervious to government redirection.
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Unionized workers continued to represent a relatively privileged minority of the labour force working for public monopolies or private oligopolies.
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Moreover, unionized workers were concentrated in key administrative and industrial sectors: petroleum, steel manufacturing, transportation, ports, public administration.
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Cohen (2004) argues that self-selection will result in unionized workers being less loyal to the firm and therefore less willing to invest in employer stock.
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Nearly 25,000 union membershalf the city's workforce and virtually all its unionized workers struck.
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About 70,000 unionized workers remained in the faltering public sector in the beginning of 1991.
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Salaries of unionized workers also fell relative to non-union workers.
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For many years the eight-hour day was confined to craft tradesmen and unionized workers.
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A 1984 strike by unionized workers also hurt revenue.
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A lockout can act to force unionized workers to accept changed conditions such as lower wages.
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Hospitals and public schools are among the area's largest employers, and these agencies have unionized workers.
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Employers said they would fire all unionized workers if a strike occurred and replace them with strikebreakers.
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Unionized workers at the utility went on strike later in the year, over the utility's plan to cut benefits to retirees.
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He believed that unionized workers owe allegiance to somebody else, and not to the railroad company that employs them.
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The government also introduced legislation permitting unionized workers to shield their dues from being donated to political parties.
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It is a commonly used means of resolving disputes, raised in the form of grievances, between unionized workers and their employers.
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Unionized workers are sometimes required to cross the picket lines established by other unions due to their organizations having signed contracts which include no-strike clauses.
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Of special concern are efforts by cities and states to reduce the pension obligations owed to unionized workers who retire in the future.
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