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closed shop
noun
- a factory, office, or other business establishment in which union membership is a condition of being hired as well as of continued employment.
closed shop
noun
- (formerly) an industrial establishment in which there exists a contract between a trade union and the employer permitting the employment of the union's members only Compare open shop union shop
closed shop
- Technically, a business in which employees must join a labor union before being hired. This practice is now illegal. The term is used synonymously with union shop .
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of closed shop1
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Example Sentences
The presidential election is effectively a closed shop; candidates must be nominated by at least 20 members of the Oireachtas, or national legislature, or by at least four of Ireland’s 31 elected local councils.
The government's proposed new football regulator would create a "closed shop" of top sides, West Ham United vice chair Karren Brady has warned.
“Reservation Dogs,†one of the best shows of the 21st century, intentionally closed shop after its third season, as the equally fine “Atlanta†did after its fourth.
Roughly a third of the nation’s newspapers have closed shop since 2005.
Roughly a third — 2,500 — have closed shop across the country since 2005.
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