yellow-dog contract

yel·low-dog contract (yl-dôg, -dg)

n.

An employer-employee contract, no longer legal, by which the employee agrees not to join a union while employed.

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yellow-dog contract

n

(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) US a contract with an employer, now illegal, in which an employee agreed not to join a trade union during his employment

[from US yellow-dog anti-trade union, from yellow dog mongrel, contemptible person]

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Noun

1.

yellow-dog contract - a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union collective agreement, labor agreement, labor contract - contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions