union bashing

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• union-bashing — UK US noun [U] INFORMAL ► WORKPLACE the activity of strongly criticizing or opposing the work of a trade union or trade unions: »The teachers union accused the minister of union bashing with regard to the contracts. union basher noun [C] ► »He… …   Financial and business terms

• union bashing — /ˈjunjən bæʃɪŋ/ (say yoohnyuhn bashing) noun activity perceived as evincing hostility to trade unions: *Once the new Government was safely in office it began a campaign of union bashing –blanche d alpuget, 1982. See bashing (def. 4). –union… …  

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• union-basher — union bashing UK US noun [U] INFORMAL ► WORKPLACE the activity of strongly criticizing or opposing the work of a trade union or trade unions: »The teachers union accused the minister of union bashing with regard to the contracts. union basher… …   Financial and business terms

• -bashing — [bash′iŋ] combining form the act or process of attacking or abusing, as with blows or, esp., with words: used freely in nonce constructions [ union bashing] * * * …   Universalium

• -bashing — [bash′iŋ] combining form the act or process of attacking or abusing, as with blows or, esp., with words: used freely in nonce constructions [ union bashing] …   English World dictionary

• bashing — /ˈbæʃɪŋ / (say bashing) noun Colloquial 1. a beating: *There s a boy called Tom Quodling that I gave a bashing to, because he wouldn t give up a marble that he said he would if I won, and I did. –patrick white, 1955. 2. exposure to rough… …  

• bashing — bash|ing [ˈbæʃıŋ] n [singular,U] 1.) the action of attacking someone and hitting them ▪ Gay bashing (=attacks on gay people) is on the increase. give sb a bashing ▪ They gave him a real bashing. 2.) strong and usually unfair public criticism of a …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Union — n. 1 a the act or an instance of uniting; the state of being united. b (the Union) hist. the uniting of the English and Scottish crowns in 1603, of the English and Scottish parliaments in 1707, or of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. 2 a a whole …   Useful english dictionary

• union — n. 1 a the act or an instance of uniting; the state of being united. b (the Union) hist. the uniting of the English and Scottish crowns in 1603, of the English and Scottish parliaments in 1707, or of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. 2 a a whole …   Useful english dictionary

• bashing —  Heavy defeat or criticism, e.g. union bashing Severe and persistent criticism of Trades Unions …   A concise dictionary of English slang