union shop

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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

As a union shop steward, Guerdan had spent many extremely cold days this winter marching in the picket line.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

I figured that since it was a union shop I could get health care coverage, but I was always scheduled just a few hours shy of qualifying for full-time status.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2018

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