Closed shop - How To Discuss
By Mia Kelly •
Closed shop,
Definition of Closed shop:
Place of employment bound by a union (collective bargaining) agreement to hire only the members of a particular union. This practice is generally illegal.
A place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment.
How to use Closed shop in a sentence?
- If you are working under a closed shop you will have to tread lightly because you are always on the boundaries of the law.
- The organization was a closed shop which was shocking but sometimes unions gain so much power they cannot be stopped.
- Undoubtedly the freedom of association provisions were drafted with the intent of attacking unions, to break down so-called closed shops.
- I could not get the job cause I was informed it was a closed shop and I would have to join something beforehand.
Meaning of Closed shop & Closed shop Definition