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nonunion shop

American  

noun

  1. a shop or business in which the employer fixes terms and conditions of employment unilaterally without recognizing or dealing with a union.


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Craig estimated that the business, a nonunion shop, employs about 100 people now and will likely reach 200 workers in coming months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But the factory, it turns out, is a nonunion shop, the company’s president said.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

With its acquisition by ND Paper, the mill became — for the first time in decades — a nonunion shop.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2020

Much of the production is going to a nonunion shop in Texas.

From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 6, 2012

A relentless foe of back-room featherbedding, Jim took on a strike by the powerful International Typographical Union in 1948, kept the paper on the street, set up a nonunion shop, won the battle hands down.

From Time Magazine Archive

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