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Definition 2024
open_shop
open shop
English
Noun
open shop (plural open shops)
- A place of employment in which employment is in no way conditioned on membership in a union, though a union may be the exclusive bargaining agent of the employees.
Coordinate terms
- (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union): closed shop, agency shop, union shop