open shop

"I want you to be there when they open shop."

Q. Can you give a good reason for the open shop?

"A lot of insurance companies have now opened shops over here."

He came to work here a few months after we opened shop."

"For many years we just couldn't get anyone to open shop down here," she said.

Any theory of an open shop trade union must deal with the following conceptual problem.

Post was also a leading public advocate of the open shop system.

He's been using them for months, ever since he opened shop."

Executives are leaving agencies to open shops of their own.

The switch, to what is called an open shop, could effectively end the power of the union at the paper.

"This will serve as a lesson to other foreign businesses who want to open shop here."

February, 2012, Gage had its first large business to open shop in many years.

When Simpson opened shop in 2005, the market was still, he said, "on fire."

Some people disappeared into the open shops, from where they peered out windows.

There were lighted bars and late open shops on each side of the street.

Open shops have seen business drop by 50 to 90 percent, forcing some layoffs.

Five years ago, seeking a better lifestyle than the Army could afford him, he'd opened shop.

Now the guild of the asbestos-weaver must open shop very soon.

An open shop allows union membership but does not mandate it.

This staff insisted on an open shop when it unionized.

But it was the first open shop Rob found.

But no agreement was made regarding the open shop.

An open shop does not require union membership in employing or keeping workers.

Assumptions 1 and 2 embody our characterization of the open shop union.

The company states it is the "open shopping platform with the largest selection online."