preferential shop

American  

noun

1. a shop in which union members are preferred, usually by agreement of an employer with a union.

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Example Sentences

At the same time 1,300 C. I. O. packing house workers struck for recognition, a preferential shop, shorter hours, higher wages.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Guild had demanded, but did not get, a preferential shop.

From Time Magazine Archive

The union withdrew the first demand altogether, said it would compromise on a preferential shop.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Vorwärts printed a statement that the preferential shop was the "open shop with honey."

From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Clark, Sue Ainslie

Is the preferential shop so delicate a fabric as to prove futile?

From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Clark, Sue Ainslie