union shop


union shop

noun

Definition of UNION SHOP

: an establishment in which the employer by agreement is free to hire nonmembers as well as members of the union but retains nonmembers on the payroll only on condition of their becoming members of the union within a specified time

First Known Use of UNION SHOP

1904

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