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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.

Origin:
1895–1900

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open shop
n. A business or factory in which workers are employed without regard to union membership.

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open shop
noun
a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union

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open shop

A business that employs both unionized and nonunionized labor.

Main Entry: open shop
Function: noun
: an establishment in which eligibility for employment and retention on the payroll are not determined by membership or nonmembership in a labor union though there may be an agreement by which a union is recognized as sole bargaining agent called also merit shop —compare AGENCY SHOP, CLOSED SHOP, UNION SHOP