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Closed shop

A pre-entry closed shop (or simply closed shop) is a form of union security agreement under which the employer agrees to hire union members only, and employees must remain members of the union at all times to remain employed. This is different from a post-entry closed shop (US: union shop), which is an agreement requiring all employees to join the union…

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Closed shop

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples42
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

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Closed shop

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related to United Kingdom · 19
Closed shop → Act, All, Conservative, Consolidation, December, Employment Act, Equity, European, In, Its, John Gennard, Labour Relations, Stephen Dunn, The Labour Party, They, Trade Union, UK, United Kingdom, While
related to United States · 9
Closed shop → An, Hartley Act, Similarly, States, Supreme Court, The, The Taft, The US, United States
related to Canada · 8
Closed shop → Canada, Charter, Freedoms, However, Rights, Section Two, The, The Supreme Court
related to Australia · 4
Closed shop → All, Commonwealth, Discriminating, Fair Work Act
related to Further reading · 2
Closed shop → Johnsen, The Closed Shop

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union shop closed employees membership agreement shops act join employer status employment require unions pay labour members must united court

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Closed shoprelated to AustraliaAll0.60section
Closed shoprelated to AustraliaCommonwealth0.60section
Closed shoprelated to AustraliaDiscriminating0.60section
Closed shoprelated to AustraliaFair Work Act0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaThe0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaCanada0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaThe Supreme Court0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaSection Two0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaCharter0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaRights0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaFreedoms0.60section
Closed shoprelated to CanadaHowever0.60section

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