- yellow-dog contract
- A contract of employment containing a condition binding the employee not to join or remain a member of a labor union. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 9.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
yellow-dog contract
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yellow dog contract — n. An employment contract that threatens to fire an employee if he or she joins a labor union, prohibited under most laws and unenforceable in court. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… … Law dictionary
yellow–dog contract — see contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
yellow-dog contract — An agreement in which an employer forbids an employee to join a labor union. Yellow dog contracts are unenforceable. Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations Category: Employment Law & HR Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill,… … Law dictionary
yellow-dog contract — ☆ yellow dog contract [yel′ōdôg΄ ] n. an employer employee contract, now illegal, by which an applicant for a job agrees not to be a labor union member while employed … English World dictionary
Yellow-dog contract — A yellow dog contract (or a yellow dog contract or a yellow dog clause [ [http://www.jargondatabase.com/Jargon.aspx?id=795 JargonDatabase.com definition] ] of a contract) is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee… … Wikipedia
yellow-dog contract — /yel oh dawg , dog / a contract between a worker and an employer in which, as a condition of employment, the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union. [1915 20, Amer.] * * * ▪ labour agreement between an employer and an employee in… … Universalium
yellow-dog contract — noun a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union • Hypernyms: ↑labor contract, ↑labor agreement, ↑collective agreement * * * noun : a contract of employment in which a worker disavows membership in and… … Useful english dictionary
yellow-dog contract — yel′low dog′ con tract n. bus a preemployment contract with an employer, no longer enforceable, in which a worker agrees not to join a union while employed • Etymology: 1915–20, amer … From formal English to slang
yellow-dog contract — noun Date: 1920 an employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in order to get a job … New Collegiate Dictionary
yellow dog contract — employment contract between a worker and an employer wherein an employee agrees not to join a labor union … English contemporary dictionary
yellow-dog contract — An employment contract in which the employer forbids the employee to join a laor union. Such contracts are not legally enforceable … Business law dictionary
