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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" [syn: unionize, unionise]
2: form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" [syn: unionize, unionise, organize, organise]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1890 transitive verb to organize into a labor union intransitive verb to form or join a labor union

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. (also -ise) bring or come under trade-union organization or rules. Derivatives: unionization n.

Moby Thesaurus

affiliate, ally, associate, band together, be in cahoots, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cement a union, centralize, club, club together, come together, confederate, consociate, conspire, couple, federalize, federate, gang, gang up, go in partners, go in partnership, hook up with, join forces, join fortunes with, join together, join up with, join with, league, marry, organize, pair, pair off, partner, stand together, stand up with, team up with, team with, throw in with, tie in with, tie up with, unite with, wed