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 • Jan. 20, 2022

The line boosted the engineers' average annual pay by $1,200 to a top of $13,260, consented to an "agency shop" clause under which all engineers must pay union dues.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are other dodges to get around the restriction on the closed shop, such as the "agency" shop in which nonunion employees pay union dues.

From Time Magazine Archive

What the Guild wanted was an "agency shop" in which commercial employees who did not join the Guild would be required to ante up a "service fee" equivalent to regular dues.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Douglas Aircraft it settled for an agency shop, in which workers are not forced to join the union but still must pay it the equivalent of dues.

From Time Magazine Archive