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"Closed shop" Quotes from Famous Books

... his hand, and a cloud over his face. But as he left the house the doubt in his soul breathed itself forth. "If so be as neither me nor him see it rise, what good will that do to my family," said Cotsdean to himself, and went his way to his closed shop, through all the sacks of seeds and dry rustling grain, with a heavy heart. He was a corn-factor in a tolerable business, which, as most of the bankers of Carlingford knew, he had some difficulty in carrying along, being ...

— Phoebe, Junior • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

... (covered with the slop-basin turned upside down), but not including mussels and cockles. She turned to the right, passed along the corridor by the cutting-out room, up two steps into the sheeted and shuttered gloom of the closed shop, up the showroom stairs, through the showroom, and so into the bedroom corridor. Experience had proved it easier to make this long detour than to round the difficult corner of the parlour stairs with a large loaded tray. Sophia knocked with the edge of the tray at the door of the principal ...

— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett

... could safely be made plain that for the war, employers would agree not to object to the peaceable extension of trade unionism; that they would make no efforts to "open" a "closed shop"; that they would submit all controversies concerning standards, including wages and lockouts, to any official body on which they have equal representation with labor, and would abide by its decisions; that they would adhere strictly to health and safety laws, and laws concerning woman ...

— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

... machinists from the order. This exclusive policy, however, is based upon the stern requirements of professional excellence and is not displayed towards engineers who are not members of the Brotherhood. Towards them there is displayed the greatest toleration and none of the narrow spirit of the "closed shop." The nonunion engineer is not only tolerated but is even on occasion made the beneficiary of the activities of the union. He shares, for example, in the rise of wages and readjustment of runs. There are even cases on record where the railroad unions have taken up a specific grievance ...

— The Armies of Labor - Volume 40 in The Chronicles Of America Series • Samuel P. Orth

... and the boycott. Sec. 11. Effects of organization upon general wages. Sec. 12. Competitive aspect of organization and particular wages. Sec. 13. Monopolistic aspect of organization and particular wages. Sec. 14. Open vs. closed shop. Sec.15. Political and economic considerations. Sec.16. The public's view of unions. Sec. ...

— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter