agency shop

American  

noun

1. a shop in which the union represents all workers in the bargaining unit and collects dues and fees from nonunion as well as union members.

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Etymology

Origin of agency shop

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

“Before deciding on a particular agency, shop around,” says BJ Miller, a physician, co-founder of Mettle Health and co-author of “A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death.”

From Washington Post

Unions also engage in political activities, including candidate endorsements and electioneering, but in an agency shop only fees from members can be used for that.

From The Wall Street Journal

Right to work gives employers another point to intimidate, coerce, and threaten employees about being part of the union, all of which employers find much more difficult to do in a union or an agency shop.

From Salon

Recently, in a case involving public employee unions, Justice Samuel Alito digressed from the issue at hand to raise questions about the constitutionality of these agency shop fees, apparently inviting a challenge to Abood.

From Slate

Detroit Board of Education, which let unions collect funds called ”agency shop fees” to cover their cost of doing collective bargaining work that benefits members and nonmembers alike.

From Slate