unionisation Meaning of "unionisation"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) act of forming labor unions

Quotes

  1. "It's really an effort to increase unionisation, and not so much to worry about patients' health care," Mr Rubenstein said at a conference last month, where union members were outside handing out fliers about Carlyle's proposed acquisition of...
    on Dec 7, 2007 By: David Rubenstein Source: Sydney Morning Herald

  2. "Ben Bernanke [the chairman of the Federal Reserve] recently estimated that a fifth of the cause of median wage stagnation in America was because of declining unionisation," says Mr Stern.
    on Apr 26, 2007 By: Andy Stern Source: MSNBC

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