open shop

== English == === Noun === open shop (plural open shops) 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) (US, India) To begin work or operations.