unionization

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The authors want healthy food to be affordable, and they also want more unionization to boost industry wages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The labor leader cofounded what became the United Farm Workers union alongside Huerta, and was most known for a series of strikes and protests that grew unionization efforts across California.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

His fierce criticism of illegal immigration — Chavez argued that they undercut his unionization efforts — put him at odds with immigration activists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The protagonist, a spirited textile mill worker played by Sally Field, demands improvements like a Kotex machine in the women’s bathroom before ultimately leading a unionization effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Given the power of the mill owners, it is not surprising that unionization efforts were, in the words of one knowledgeable commentator, “mere foam before passing gusts.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson