union shop
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un·ion shop • n. a place of work where employers may hire nonunion workers who must join a labor union within an agreed time. Compare with closed shop, open shop.
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AFTER EXPIRATION OF SHELF LIFE, NEW LIFE WAITS IN THE WINGS A SURGE IN CLOSED SHOPS, BUT MOST TO REOPEN SOON
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Shelf Life, a gift shop scheduled to shut...South End standby, closed its doors on New Year...of those that have closed. The situation reflects...and a gift shop may open across the street...occupied and plan to open soon. Another Appetito...
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The unfinished business of St Pancras... closed shops, cafes and bars, not enough loos, no cash machines and no bicycle racks ; THE MONDAY AUDIT ST PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 11/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...12 out of the 44 planned shops, cafes or bars in the station are open. Only one coffee shop on the ground floor and...defended its decision to open the station before all the...station next week. "As more shops, cafes, bars and restaurants...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Best closed shop in town; John Cranage discovers how Thatcher broke the best closed shop in town to let in the London barrow-boys.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/27/2006; 700+ words
; ...equities an expensive business open only to institutions and...anything that smacked of a closed shop, and the Stock Exchange was the closed shop par excellence. What she...Exchange was the move from open-outcry to electronic...
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FED: Surgeons must open up closed shop - ACCC
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 6/30/2003; 522 words
; ...0000 FED: Surgeons must open up closed shop - ACCC By Judy Skatssoon...for members by running a closed shop, today issued a list...allowed to practise. The closed shop arrangements and culture...ACCC reforms, it will open itself to legal action...
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CLOSED SHOP LEGISLATION:PETE HOEKSTRA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/3/2000; 512 words
; ...SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OPEN SHOP AGREEMENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE...prohibited in federal employment. Closed shop agreements, which require employers...private sector employees: (1)union shop agreements, which require employees...
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Vic: Union pushes for closed shop on worksites, commission told
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 12/12/2001; 364 words
; ...2001 Vic: Union pushes for closed shop on worksites, commission...secretary, Bill Oliver, said shop stewards encouraged non...endeavoured to emphasise to the shop stewards there are certain...Oliver said: "The door was open. "Someone opened the door...
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Council branded closed shop after sole candidate refused
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 9/8/2004; ; 521 words
; ...has been criticised as being a "closed shop" after members turned down the only...haven't given reasons. It's a closed shop." Councillor Alan Wilkinson said...to be a councillor, we can re-open the process." Although Mr Cooke...
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Army 'closed shop' after champion's death
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 5/24/2003; 532 words
; ...soldier." The coroner recorded an open verdict after deciding there was...was nothing after that. "It was a closed shop." Pte Stanley was one of two men...it himself. "The Army was such a closed shop that I came to the conclusion I would...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Taxi drivers in NEC row; TRAVEL: Closed shop claims over use of cab rank.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 12/19/2008; 690 words
; ...Birmingham NEC has been slammed for selling a closed shop deal to a taxi union and stopping independent...Workers Union, said: There has always been open access. This amounts to a closed shop and a restriction on trade. There are hundreds...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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North's youngsters 'stifled by elitism' Professions have 'closed shop' attitude.
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 7/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...Mr Milburn spoke of a "closed shop" mentality when it comes...private schools should also open their doors to a "forgotten...remove the vestiges of this 'closed shop' mentality." The...contain 80 recommendations to open up access to the professions...
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closed shop and open shop
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...jobs. An open shop, strictly...issue of the closed shop has...the closed shop illegal and union shops were also...allow union shops without a...the union shop illegal...favor of the closed shop that...favor of the open shop are...
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Closed Shop
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
CLOSED SHOP A closed shop was a workplace in...first join a labor union. Closed shop requirements remained...nonunionized was called an "open shop." Labor unions first...circumstances in which closed shops were legal and enabled...
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closed shop
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
closed shop A method of running a computing facility such that...staff and not by the originators of the problem. Closed shop operation is the operation of a computing system...other computing staff or computer users. Compare open shop .
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SIC 7536 Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOPS This category covers...earliest automobiles were open bodied and traveled...faster and featured closed construction did the...proof glass for the closed automobile (in the...of automobiles were closed cars) stimulated...
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union shop
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
un·ion shop • n. a place of work where employers may hire nonunion workers who must join a labor union within an agreed time. Compare with closed shop , open shop .
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