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/nɑnjˈunjən/ Listen

adjective

Nonunion adj.

Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunion carpenter.

Not employing trade union members; not recognizing or favoring trades unions or trades-unionists; as, a nonunion contractor; a nonunion subcontractor.

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Etymology of 'Nonunion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nonunion" Quotes from Famous Books

... big bridge then building at Niles. Before he went he made certain that it was a union job. And a union job it was for two days, when the concrete workers threw down their tools. The contractors, evidently prepared for such happening, immediately filled the places of the concrete men with nonunion Italians. Whereupon the carpenters, structural ironworkers and teamsters walked out; and Billy, lacking train fare, spent the rest of the day in ...

— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London

... legislation, on the ground that it permitted unorganized workmen to apply for relief under the law. That is to say, while the employers were using the law to make striking a crime, they were extending such benefits as it produced to the nonunion workers who can often be used as tools for their purposes. But the astounding hold that "State Socialism" has on the Australian masses, especially on the working people, is shown by the steadfast belief that this measure ...

— Socialism As It Is - A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement • William English Walling