[ noun ] act of forming labor unions <noun.act> the issue underlying the strike was unionization
Furthermore, increased government unionization brings with it more strike activity.
Federal Express Corp. pilots narrowly defeated unionization yesterday, and both Airborne and United Parcel Service of America Inc. have been locked in tough contract talks with their pilot unions.
"We're talking about everything from collective bargaining" to unionization, said one engineer, who declined to be named.
Adolph Coors Co. and the AFL-CIO announced an agreement resolving their decade-long dispute over the Colorado brewer's opposition to unionization of its workers.
While such workers have shown increasing interest, he asserts, his efforts are being hobbled by what he calls the Reagan administration's politicization of the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees unionization votes.
AFT delegates may consider a boycott of several Japanese carmakers who have resisted unionization, an idea that gets a thumbs-down from Shanker.
While boosting the school's reputation, he has locked horns with students, faculty and trustees over such issues as the Marine Corps' right to recruit on campus, gay rights and faculty unionization.
Factors behind the higher wages include higher minimum wages, enforcement of those wage floors and greater unionization, he said.