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non-union

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Labour relations, unions
ˌnon-ˈunion (also non-unionized) adjective  1. BEL[usually before noun] non-union workers do not belong to a trade union (=official organization for workers) 不属于工会的2. BELbusinesses or organizations that are non-union do not officially accept trade unions, or do not employ their members 不承认工会的;不雇用工会会员的
Examples from the Corpus
non-unionThe most striking finding was that 69% of the new firms were non-union.Are non-union and anti-union companies involved in Compacts?This means in practice that non-union companies may participate.A strike has been going on at the mine for over three months and the nine who died were all non-union men.What about non-union people? 7.The organizing committee had made the colossal error of hiring a non-union press to print the official program.The technique involves estimating apparent consumption by deducting exports from domestic production and adding on imports from union and non-union sources.Firms select workers at random from the pool of union and non-union workers irrespective of their union status.
From Longman Business Dictionarynon-unionˌnon-ˈunion adjectiveHUMAN RESOURCES non-union workers do not belong to a TRADE UNION (=an organization that protects workers’ rights)The workers who were fired were replaced with non-union labor.
ˌnon-ˈunion adjectiveChineseSyllable
to non-union trade a not belong union Business Corpus workers do


non-union
ˌnon-ˈunion (also ˌnon-ˈunionized) adjective
1. [usually before noun] non-union workers do not belong to a trade union (=official organization for workers)
2. businesses or organizations that are non-union do not officially accept trade unions, or do not employ their members


non-unionBrE /ˌnɒn ˈjuːniən/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnɑːn ˈjuːniən/ 🔊 (also less frequent ˌnon-ˈunionized, -ised) adjective [usually before noun] not belonging to a trade/labor union 不属于工会的non-union labour/workers 未加入工会的劳工/工人(of a business, company, etc. 企业、公司等) not accepting trade/labor unions or employing trade/labor union members 不接受工会的;不雇用工会会员的


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