Definition of "unionization" []

• The act of forming a union. (noun)
• The opposite of ionization. (noun)

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• "Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming, the ranking Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, asked Ms. Solis why she supported a bill that would bypass secret ballots in unionization elections when she, as a California legislator, had backed a bill that called for using secret ballots to determine whether employees at a workplace favored flextime arrangements."
• "All working people should be concerned about restrictions on their right to organize because unionization is a proven path to higher wages and greater job security."
• "The decline in unionization started in 1948 when the federal government's policy towards forced unionization changed."