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noun
a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
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Origin of open shop
First recorded in 1895–1900
OTHER WORDS FROM open shop
open-shop, adjectiveanti-open-shop, nounWords nearby open shop
open secret, open sentence, open sesame, open set, open-shelf, open shop, open side, open-sided, open sight, open slather, open-source
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British Dictionary definitions for open shop
open shop
noun
an establishment in which persons are hired and employed irrespective of their membership or nonmembership of a trade unionCompare closed shop, union shop
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Cultural definitions for open shop
open shop
A business that employs both unionized and nonunionized labor.
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