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open shop

 
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–noun
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

Related forms:
open-shop, adjective
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open shop  
n.  A business or factory in which workers are employed without regard to union membership.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

open shop

A business that employs both unionized and nonunionized labor.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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