union shop Meaning of "union shop"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time

Usage(s):

  1. But the real issue at stake was the fate of a union shop at Lockheed.
  2. But the decision made it clear that today's Supreme Court unanimously agrees that compulsory membership in a union shop does not violate any basic constitutional freedoms.
  3. Thirteen states prohibit the union shop.
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