nonunion
Speech parts
1. nonunion - Noun
2. nonunion - Adjective
Meaning
not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union
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Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, and their business model is going to set the standards for our children unless we do something now. Wal-Mart is the sewer pipe through which good jobs are being flushed.
Once, a union job at GM or AT&T was a bridge to success. Now, a nonunion Wal-Mart job is a bridge to nowhere.
nonunion carpenters
a nonunion contractor
That summer I got a job in a nonunion factory, inspecting handlebars for tricycles.
CHAMPAIGN — Less than two weeks after Illinois approved a budget with a 2 percent funding increase for higher education, University of Illinois President Tim Killeen announced raises averaging 2 percent for nonunion UI faculty and staff.