ALL meanings of closed shop
closed shop
C c - countable noun closed shop If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union. 3
- noun closed shop (formerly) an industrial establishment in which there exists a contract between a trade union and the employer permitting the employment of the union's members only 3
- noun closed shop a factory, business, etc. operating under a contractual arrangement between a labor union and the employer by which only members of the union may be employed 3
- noun closed shop this arrangement 3
- noun closed shop business: requires union membership 1
- noun closed shop a factory, office, or other business establishment in which union membership is a condition of being hired as well as of continued employment. 1
- noun closed shop A business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be labor union members as a precondition to employment. 0