Union is a derived type as structures are. Union can be declared in the same manner as structures just the keyword used in defining union in union where keyword used in defining structure was struct.

union car{
  char name[50];
  int price;
};

Union variables can be created in similar manner as structure variable.

union car{
  char name[50];
  int price;
}c1, c2, *c3;

OR;

union car{
  char name[50];
  int price;
};
-------Inside Function-----------
union car c1, c2, *c3;

#include <stdio.h>
union job {         //defining a union
   char name[32];
   float salary;
   int worker_no;
}u;
struct job1 {
   char name[32];
   float salary;
   int worker_no;
}s;
int main(){
   printf("size of union = %d",sizeof(u));
   printf("\nsize of structure = %d", sizeof(s));
   return 0;
}