UNION in a Sentence

Learn UNION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
182 example sentences for UNION, such as:
1. He organized the workers into a trade union.
2. We maintained a close liaison with the trade union.
3. Employers imposed heavy sanctions for union activity.
4. The next day the union voted to begin an indefinite strike.
5. In other words, in the union Jurgis learned to talk politics.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of UNION
union
 a.  being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
 n.  an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Classic Sentence: (85 in 6 pages)
1  On her way home: "Now that I've made a precedent, joined the union and gone out on one strike and learned personal solidarity, I won't be so afraid."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
2  If ever the fusion of two human beings into one has been accomplished on this sphere it was surely in their union.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
3  In the end Jurgis got into a fine rage, and made it sufficiently plain that it would take more than one Irishman to scare him into a union.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  He felt like fighting now himself; and when the Irish delegate of the butcher-helpers' union came to him a second time, he received him in a far different spirit.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
5  Before another month was by, all the working members of his family had union cards, and wore their union buttons conspicuously and with pride.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  For fully a week they were quite blissfully happy, thinking that belonging to a union meant an end to all their troubles.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
7  They could not understand why the union had not prevented it, and the very first time she attended a meeting Marija got up and made a speech about it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
8  Jurgis too had an adventure the first time he attended a union meeting, but it was not of his own seeking.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
9  Their one chance for life was in union, and so the struggle became a kind of crusade.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  One of the first consequences of the discovery of the union was that Jurgis became desirous of learning English.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  It was a little state, the union, a miniature republic; its affairs were every man's affairs, and every man had a real say about them.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  In other words, in the union Jurgis learned to talk politics.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  And now in the union Jurgis met men who explained all this mystery to him; and he learned that America differed from Russia in that its government existed under the form of a democracy.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
14  Marija insisted that it was because of her activity in the union.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
15  The packers, of course, had spies in all the unions, and in addition they made a practice of buying up a certain number of the union officials, as many as they thought they needed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1  The union failed to heed warnings that strike action would lead to the closure of the factory.
2  Employers imposed heavy sanctions for union activity.
3  The Social Democratic leader launched a broadside against both monetary and political union.
4  There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence.
5  Opponents of the treaty argue that monetary union will turn France into a vassal of Germany.
6  The brunt of her argument was directed at the trade union leader.
7  The attorney for the union accused the Mayor of playing politics.
8  The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past fifteen years.
9  He organized the workers into a trade union.
10  The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole.
11  We maintained a close liaison with the trade union.
12  The union is protesting about the suspension of a restaurant worker.
13  The next day the union voted to begin an indefinite strike.
14  I believe he was an honourable man, dedicated to the people and his union.
15  I feel that women in all types of employment can benefit from joining a union.