non-union worker

collocation in English

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non-union
adjective
uk
/ˌnɒnˈjuː.njən/us
/ˌnɑːnˈjuː.njən/
used to refer to a company or organization that does not employ workers who belong to a union, or a person who does not belong to ...
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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 ofnon-unionandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is, therefore, no information on the average pay of anon-unionworkerand a worker who is a union member.
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The man whose house was broken into was anon-unionworkeras a fitter in an electrical establishment, and he has gone into work during the last few days.
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However, thenon-unionworkermust pay a fee to cover collective bargaining costs.
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The work card will permit thenon-unionworkerto work in the industry or for the employer with union permission.
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This may seem surprising, since union workers have higher coverage rates and better pensions than non-union workers.
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I do not deny that the trade unions are a most important estate of the realm, but what about those 14 million non-union workers?
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However, most of the 2·2 million retail employees are part-time, non-union workers and do not have the same way of defending their actions.
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Salaries of unionized workers also fell relative to non-union workers.
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A group of armed non-union workers and police attacked the union hall, which was defended by a small group of union workers (also armed).
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This work focused primarily on rights-based conflict resolution between union and non-union workers and their managers.
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Many coal companies began employing non-union workers who would work for less money so that the coal company could maintain a profit.
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Over the following days, many were arrested, and the strike was effectively broken. 800 people were eventually replaced by non-union workers.
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The tower became even more of a controversy when the developer hired non-union workers to build the tower.
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Company guards and non-union workers fired into the saloon where fifty or so union men were sheltering.
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It negotiated a 4% raise for municipal workers; the city also agreed to impose mandatory fees for non-union workers who benefited from the negotiations.
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One of the union representatives talked to the miners, who echoed the union rep's view that they would prefer not to work alongside non-union workers.
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The non-union workers who had been employed to break the union were dumped by their employer at the conclusion of the dispute.
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Indeed, many unions that employ the organizing model attempt to win a greater right to organize non-union workers through pressuring an employer through using current members' collective strength.
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A labor dispute in 2008 came about after the club fired 16 union workers in a cost-cutting measure, replacing them with a catering company which used non-union workers.
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