USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Even more open than the union shop is an agency shop: although employees are required to pay funds equal to union dues, they are not required to join the union.

Detailed explanation-2: -A company that doesn’t require employees to join a union in order to be hired, but they must join within 30 days of employment. Open Shop. A company that may have a union, but hires both union and non-union employees, and union membership is not a requirement for continued employment. Agency Shop.

Detailed explanation-3: -Non-union is a workplace, usually found in private sectors, where workers do not form groups or have collective demands. The power of setting workplace guidelines lies with the employer or company management.

Detailed explanation-4: -Open shop means a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of being hired.

Detailed explanation-5: -The purpose of a closed shop agreement is to guarantee that all workers observe the union rules, such as paying monthly dues, taking part in strikes and work-stoppages, and accepting the terms of wage and working conditions approved by the union leaders in collective bargaining agreements with company management.