0 the act or process of organizing workers to become members of a trade union (= an organization that represents people who work in a particular industry):
1 the process of forming a trade union, or organizing workers into a trade union:
Leading senators are concerned that unionization of state workers could jeopardize their traditional 5% annual pay raise.
2 the degree to which workers in an organization, industry, etc. belong to a trade union:
They promoted unionization and job safety legislation for women.
A series of strikes forced the companies to allow unionization in their plants.
Finally, the high rate of unionization among construction workers and performance artists can also be explained as a result of complete contracts.
These discuss only how particular factors made particular industries at particular times prone to unionization.
The result is low wages that make workers prone to unionization.
First, large corporations enjoyed massive economic power to defeat unionization drives decisively.
This explains why raising wages to $5 per day was a good way to prevent unionization.
