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closed shop

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closed shop
n.
See union shop.
closed shop
Noun
Brit, Austral & NZ (formerly) a place of work in which all workers had to belong to a particular trade union
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Noun1.closed shop - a company that hires only union members
company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
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closed shop n → empresa en la que todo el personal está afiliado a un sindicato
closed shop n → organisation f qui n'admet que des travailleurs syndiqués
closed shop close2 n → Betrieb m mit Gewerkschaftszwang
closed shop n → azienda o fabbrica che impiega solo aderenti ai sindacati
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called the general strike--still fighting for the closed shop.
The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context
The young man with his hat slouched over his eyes, still leaning on the arm of the officer, and still wiping from time to time his brow with his handkerchief, was watching in a corner of the Buytenhof, in the shade of the overhanging weather-board of a closed shop, the doings of the infuriated mob, a spectacle which seemed to draw near its catastrophe.
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