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open shop

noun

  1. a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.


open shop

noun

  1. an establishment in which persons are hired and employed irrespective of their membership or nonmembership of a trade union Compare closed shop union shop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

open shop

  1. A business that employs both unionized and nonunionized labor.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p-DZ adjective
  • anti-p-DZ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of open shop1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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