open shop

English

Noun

open shop (plural open shops)

1. A place of employment in which employment is in no way contingent on membership in a union, though a union may be the exclusive bargaining agent of the employees.

Coordinate terms

• (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union): closed shop, agency shop, union shop

Derived terms

• open-shopper

Verb

open shop (third-person singular simple present opens shop, present participle opening shop, simple past and past participle opened shop)

1. (US, India) To begin work or operations.
   • 1999 March 25, Michael Fleming, “Rosenman and Baum reteam”, in Variety‎^[1]:

     Rosenman left Sandollar to run Brillstein-Grey’s movie division for two years. He then opened shop as an indie producer, developing such films as the Beacon Communications comedy “Family Man,”.