"agency shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: agency shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} agency shop (plural agency shops)
  1. A place of employment in which a union receives dues or the equivalent for all employees excluding management, and bargains for all such employees whether or not they are members of the union. Coordinate_terms (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union): closed shop, open shop, union shop
    Sense id: en-agency_shop-en-noun-J7e~OoVZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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