closed shop in English

noun
1
a place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment.
Undoubtedly the freedom of association provisions were drafted with the intent of attacking unions, to break down so-called closed shops .

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1. Kung fu isn't a closed shop.

2. One day he closed shop and went home.

3. Therefore, your club must not be a closed shop.

4. Tebbit found himself unable to outlaw the closed shop entirely.

5. The union is asking the management to agree to a closed shop.

6. There was a closed shop policy in this company in the past.

7. Their purpose was to weaken the closed shop and to outlaw secondary picketing.

8. They get Beanballs thrown at their heads by closed-shop (and closed-brained) rivals

9. Wholly - owned New air - conditioning plant, closed shop and clean advanced vacuum Zhumo machine.

10. 11 Herein lies the crucial difference between open shop and closed shop monopoly union models.

11. Furthermore, legislation of the Thatcher government has increasingly restricted the operation of the closed shop.

12. 18 The closed shop and the wildcat strike have undermined the legitimacy of modern trade unionism.

13. The production unions' success had various causes, including an effective closed shop and weak newspaper managements.

14. The same Bill will ban the remaining forms of secondary action, and outlaw closed shop agreements altogether.

15. Kind hearts and coronets ruled and that was fine, but to Burton it was a closed shop.

16. It was the last closed shop in Britain, he said(http://Sentencedict.com), and it had to go.

17. However, although the closed shop is a feature of some unions, it is not a universal phenomenon.

18. In 1958 Oji Paper, one of the biggest paper-makers, demanded an end to the closed shop.

19. 23 Once inside the auspicious building, an eerie, closed-shop sense of something-not-quite-right hits us.

20. Mr Fowler said it was an historic step, because the closed shop had existed for more than 100 years.

21. This was not so easy at that time as the crewing arrangements were very much of a closed shop.

22. In Britain, closed shop arrangements currently extend to just 20% of all employees, under half of all union members.

23. The workplaces embrace factors such as a closed shop environment, a multi-union situation and a predominantly female labour force.

24. They enjoy “closed shop” hiring and firing prerogatives, leadership elections by acclamation, mandatory dues without transparency, and immense political power.

25. 21 Mr Fowler said it was an historic step, because the closed shop had existed for more than 100 years.

26. The closed shop: Mr Fowler said the legislation would guarantee people the freedom to decide whether or not to join a union.

27. 22 The closed shop: Mr Fowler said the legislation would guarantee people the freedom to decide whether or not to join a union.

28. See: a Closed book a Closed door a Closed mouth gathers no feet a Closed shop a fly will not get into a Closed mouth able to (do something) with (one's) eyes Closed able to do with eyes Closed be a Closed book behind Closed doors case Closed close (in) around (someone or something) close (one) out of (something) close (one's) eyes close (one's) mind (to