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agency shop

agency shop noun: a place of employment in which a union receives dues or the equivalent for all employees excluding management, and bargains for all such employees whether or not they are members of the union.

Noun

agency shop (plural agency shops)

  1. A place of employment in which a union receives dues or the equivalent for all employees excluding management, and bargains for all such employees whether or not they are members of the union.

Forms of agency shop

pluralagency shops

Questions about agency shop

What does agency shop mean?
Agency shop means a place of employment in which a union receives dues or the equivalent for all employees excluding management, and bargains for all such employees whether or not they are members of the union.
What part of speech is agency shop?
Agency shop is a noun.
What is the plural of agency shop?
The plural of agency shop is agency shops.

Words near agency shop in the dictionary

  1. agency debit memo
  2. agency debit memos
  3. agency dilemma
  4. agency pricing
  5. agency problem
  6. agency shop
  7. agency shops
  8. agencylike
  9. agencywide
  10. agend
  11. agenda

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