How to Use nonunion in a Sentence

nonunion

adjective
  • It's a nonunion construction firm.
  • They are cutting costs by using nonunion labor.
  • But both sides still can't agree to how much work can be carried out by nonunion firms.
    — Steve Vockrodt and Bill Turque, kansascity, 21 June 2018
  • What may take months or years for a union member may take hours for a nonunion worker.
    — F. Vincent Vernuccio, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Hormel was threatened by new rivals with nonunion plants and far lower wages.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
  • Krebs said the gap between unionized and nonunion plants is shrinking.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 June 2019
  • What is that except a nonunion television show?
    — Chris Gethard, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Union leaders fear that Kroger will close or spin off the unionized stores ahead of the nonunion stores.
    — Joe Nocera, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The Times went on to report that they were replaced with nonunion crew members.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 26 Oct. 2021
  • What are the true wage differences between union and nonunion solar jobs?
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • After the camera crew walked, nonunion replacements were brought in.
    — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The few soaps that remain in existence are starting to get nonunion writers to write scripts.
    — Pulling Stunts, Vulture, 31 July 2023
  • There are also a lot of nonunion background jobs that union members are barred from accepting.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Union crew members were ordered to leave the set and were swiftly replaced by nonunion crew members.
    — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Wiedefeld said the layoffs are likely to include union and nonunion workers.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2020
  • But the project mostly hired nonunion workers to install solar panels.
    — New York Times, 16 July 2021
  • So a nonunion nurse may be covered by a nurse’s union contract at the same hospital, for example.
    — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
  • Union members pay hundreds of dollars in dues per year, only to make less than nonunion employees.
    — Michael Saltsman, Orange County Register, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Workers are trying to grab a foothold for unions at other major nonunion employers, too.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Most charters, which enroll about 1 in 5 district students, are nonunion.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Makeup artist jobs on nonunion productions can pay the bills, but you often get paid less than union counterparts.
    — Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022
  • The union crew was replaced by nonunion workers, and the production resumed after lunch.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Today, over half of private sector, nonunion contracts have them, as well as two-thirds of all big companies.
    — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 7 July 2020
  • Union workers now earn about 20 percent more than nonunion workers in similar jobs.
    — Susan Dynarski, New York Times, 6 July 2018
  • Rosenthal hopes to get funding to reach out to another three million nonunion voters in the coming months.
    — Steven Greenhouse, The New Republic, 6 May 2022
  • Production was delayed that day, as producers lined up union and nonunion workers to replace them.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Many are in the lower wage, primarily nonunion Southern states.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Since the lockout, the work of preparing sets for the coming season has gone to nonunion shops elsewhere in this country and overseas.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Workers at some of the remaining nonunion shops have already reached out to Wafford to talk about unionizing too.
    — Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Becker and Stone worked on low-budget and independent projects that were nonunion jobs to build up their portfolios.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022

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