What does closed shop mean in English?

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closed shop Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a place of work where you have to belong to a particular trade union (= organization of workers)
1 a place of work where you have to belong to a particular labor union (= organization of workers)
2 a place of work where you have to belong to a particular trade union:
- Unions wanted to negotiate a closed shop with their employers.
3 a type of job, an industry, etc. that is only open to particular people or companies to work in and not to everyone:
- The US defence market was until recently a closed shop to all but American firms.

But the carnet was a poor substitute for the closed shop.
It is here, also, that the importance of the 'closed shop' becomes evident.
Throughout the 1920s, the bakery owners routinely flouted the contract's clauses and adamantly refused to accept the closed shop.
However, the bakery owners resolutely refused to accept a closed shop, as did the arbitration tribunal.
Both workers and owners adopted a similar strategy : they placed the closed shop question in a broad political, economic and social context.
This act restricted the definition of lawful union action and further limited the closed shop.
The act banned closed shop provisions that outright require union membership as a condition of being hired.
It must stop projecting the image of a closed shop of nepotism and favouritism.