Definitions for open shop
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
o′pen shop′(n.)
a business establishment in which a union acts as representative of all the employees but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
Origin of open shop:
1895–1900
Princeton's WordNet
open shop(noun)
a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union
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