union shop

Example Sentences

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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.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

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

From BBC • May 7, 2023

Brown, who wears suits purchased from a union shop near his Cleveland home, has developed an old-school network of union support over a decades-long political career that began in the General Assembly.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

A marked difference in costs of production will cause the free shop to grow and the union shop to shrink.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates