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union shop

noun as in closed shop

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In recent months, discontent has bubbled beneath the surface in Local 50 and other union shops, with members accusing union leaders of failing to effectively represent their interests.

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The transition to a union shop went smoothly at some theaters.

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Even though much of the press portrayed it as "reaching out" to the members of the UAW, the car parts factory is not a union shop.

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Conversations no longer focused on his dad’s latest story, but on the duties he had to fulfill as a union shop steward.

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A trade union shop steward in Glasgow's shipyards before he moved into football, Ferguson's final team talk concentrated on working-class values.

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