agency shop
chiefly US
noun
A system whereby a recognized trade union receives a sum of money from non-members equivalent to the subscriptions of members, in recognition of the collective bargaining done by the union on non-members' behalf; a place of work operating this system; also attributive, as agency shop agreement, etc.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Wisconsin State Journal.
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