"open shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: open shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} open shop (plural open shops)
  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. Derived forms: open-shopper Coordinate_terms (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union): closed shop, agency shop, union shop
    Sense id: en-open_shop-en-noun-HZy5NC-E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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