Closed shop

A closed shop is a business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be union members as a precondition to employment. It is opposed to the open shop, which may represent either the unlawful refusal to hire workers on the basis of their union membership or the lawful refusal to give union members preference in hiring. It is different from the union shop, which does not require employees to be union members as a condition of employment, but does require that they join the union or pay the equivalent of union dues within a set period of time following their hire.

Related Topics:
Business - Industrial - Employee - Union - Open shop - Union shop

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