diff --git a/Lib/copyreg.py b/Lib/copyreg.py
index dfc463c49..578392409 100644
--- a/Lib/copyreg.py
+++ b/Lib/copyreg.py
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ def constructor(object):
 
 # Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.
 
-try:
-    complex
-except NameError:
-    pass
-else:
+def pickle_complex(c):
+    return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
 
-    def pickle_complex(c):
-        return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
+pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
 
-    pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
+def pickle_union(obj):
+    import functools, operator
+    return functools.reduce, (operator.or_, obj.__args__)
+
+pickle(type(int | str), pickle_union)
 
 # Support for pickling new-style objects
 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def _reconstructor(cls, base, state):
     return obj
 
 _HEAPTYPE = 1<<9
+_new_type = type(int.__new__)
 
 # Python code for object.__reduce_ex__ for protocols 0 and 1
 
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ def _reduce_ex(self, proto):
     for base in cls.__mro__:
         if hasattr(base, '__flags__') and not base.__flags__ & _HEAPTYPE:
             break
+        new = base.__new__
+        if isinstance(new, _new_type) and new.__self__ is base:
+            break
     else:
         base = object # not really reachable
     if base is object:
@@ -79,6 +83,10 @@ def _reduce_ex(self, proto):
         except AttributeError:
             dict = None
     else:
+        if (type(self).__getstate__ is object.__getstate__ and
+            getattr(self, "__slots__", None)):
+            raise TypeError("a class that defines __slots__ without "
+                            "defining __getstate__ cannot be pickled")
         dict = getstate()
     if dict:
         return _reconstructor, args, dict