We would never ask the government to favour our members in terms of what you can and cannot do in terms of bidding. All we want is a level playing field. Quite frankly, there are members of ours who operate with the union wing in certain areas because their employees have chosen that.
Open shop doesn't necessarily mean non-union. It simply means we're agnostic towards whether you're a union member or not. You can work side by side with our open-shop colleagues who are unionized or who are not unionized.
A closed shop refers to, “If you come on our work site, you pay us, you join us, or you leave”.