A type of union that requires all employees belong to the union before being hired The employer agrees to retain only those employees who belong to the union Closed shops were deemed illegal by the Taft-Hartley Act
If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union. the trade union which they are required to join under the closed shop agreement. a company, factory etc where all the workers must belong to a particular trade union. Arrangement whereby a company employs only workers who are members in good standing of a specified labour union. It is the most rigid of the various schemes for protecting labour unions (more flexible arrangements include the union shop). Closed shops were declared illegal in the U.S. under the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, but in practice they continue to exist in some industries, such as construction
A union security clause wherein the employer can only hire and retain those workers who are already members of the union Hiring is usually done out of a hiring-hall