union shop

union shop

n.

A business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be union members or to agree to join the union within a specified time after being hired. Also called closed shop.

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union shop

n

(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (formerly) an establishment whose employment policy is governed by a contract between employer and a trade union permitting the employment of nonunion labour only on the condition that such labour joins the union within a specified time period Compare open shop, closed shop

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

union shop - a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"