What is the meaning of a “closed shop”? A “closed shop” is a factory where all of the workers are union members.
A “closed shop” is a factory that hires both union and non-union members.
A “closed shop” is a factory where the owners are in control of setting wages.
A “closed shop” is a factory where the owners control the supply of labo

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.