unionist

Converse of object

• convince: To convince trade unionists like Hernando or retiring students activists like me, youâll have to do better than that.
• urge: He urged Scottish trade unionists to get involved in the aid campaign.
• trade: Women trade unionists at Ford's took the lead in demanding equal pay for equal work.
• oppose: Not surprisingly this pleased neither side in Northern Ireland with unionists opposed to many of the changes being proposed.

Adjective modifier

• Official: The Official Unionists quickly made their disapproval of the Action Council known.
• Democratic: Trimble's unionists swept away May 7: UUP leader the biggest casualty as party loses seats to Democratic Unionists and SDLP.
• militant: But the real way forward for the Brazilian left is to try to engage with militant trade unionists and the active social movements?
• liberal: The Liberals who believed in the union with Ireland, the Liberal Unionists, moved into coalition with the Conservatives.
• committed: I'd love to know Bill how such a vision sits with a committed trade unionist such as yourself?
• lifelong: Although a lifelong trade unionist, he still felt more than a bit concerned with the ideas that I was dealing with.

Modifies a noun

• intransigence: This weakness is made worse by the vacillating attitude of the government, which frequently panders to unionist intransigence.
• veto: Many nationalists fear that behind honeyed words lies a ' unionist veto ' over progress.
• politician: Down by the Land Rovers a number of unionist politicians milled around making statements to the press.
• voter: A: Unionist voters on the ground simply are not asking about the Agreement.
• unity: Unionist Division Could Be Our Downfall A plea for unionist unity at this difficult time.
• opposition: Here lie the real reasons behind unionist opposition to the Good Friday reforms.

Noun used with modifier

• trade: An active trade unionist, member of the TGWU for 25 years.
• anti-agreement: Since last Friday's events, the anti-agreement Unionists have been rubbing their hands in glee.
• ulster: Ulster Unionists welcome the rolling out of the regional diabetic retinopathy screening program.
• pro-agreement: When Peter Mandelson was forced out in January 2001, pro-Agreement unionists were appalled.