> The US is a closed shop country, which means that, once a union is in place, it has an effective monopoly for the workers that work for one of its companies.

> The US is a closed shop country, which means that, once a union is in place, it has an effective monopoly for the workers that work for one of its companies. This is not correct: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop The US is not a closed shop country.