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closed shopArrangement whereby a company employs only workers who are members in good standing of a specified labour union. It is the most rigid of the various schemes for protecting labour unions (more flexible arrangements include the union shop). Closed shops were declared illegal in the U.S. under the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, but in practice they continue to exist in some industries, such as construction. closed shopAn environment in which only data processing staff is allowed access to the computer. Contrast with open shop. closed shop [¦klōzd ′shäp] (computer science) A data-processing center so organized that only professional programmers and operators have access to the center to meet the needs of users. (industrial engineering) An establishment permitting only union members to be employed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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called the general strike--still fighting for the closed shop. The young man with his hat slouched over his eyes, still leaning on the arm of the officer, and still wiping from time to time his brow with his handkerchief, was watching in a corner of the Buytenhof, in the shade of the overhanging weather-board of a closed shop, the doings of the infuriated mob, a spectacle which seemed to draw near its catastrophe. |
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