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open shop en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A place of employment in which employment is in no way contingent on membership in a union, though a union may be the exclusive bargaining agent of the employees.

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union shop (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union) · agency shop (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union) · closed shop (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union)

Deriveds

open-shopper

open shop en · VERB

Meanings

1. (India, US) To begin work or operations.
   • Rosenman left Sandollar to run Brillstein-Grey’s movie division for two years. He then opened shop as an indie producer, developing such films as the Beacon Communications comedy “Family Man,”. 1999 March 25, Michael Fleming, “Rosenman and Baum reteam”, in Variety:

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