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open shop: see closed shop and open shop closed shop and open shop. The term "closed shop" is used to signify an establishment employing only members of a labor union.
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open shop
A computing environment that allows users to program and run their own programs. Contrast with closed shop.
open shop [′ō·pən ¦shäp]
(computer science)
A data-processing-center organization in which individuals from outside the data-processing community are permitted to implement their own solutions to problems.
(industrial engineering)
A shop in which employment is not restricted to members of a labor union.

open shop
A construction project operating under a work system that does not require membership in a particular union as a condition of employment. Compare with closed shop.


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And we see it now with the so-called Responsible Employer Ordinance, which deters open-shop contractors from bidding for public work.
He added that the Newspaper Guild has signed open-shop contracts with newspapers in other cities and states.
Some of the union-inspired state provisions add to construction costs generally, but Worcester's REO seems tailored to give unfair advantage to union general contractors and subcontractors while deterring open-shop contractors from submitting bids.
 
 
 
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