Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
convict labor — The performance of services by convicts hired out to employers of labor. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 615. A statutory provision which forbids the hiring out of convicts, except under order of the court, embodied in the sentence, applies only to farming… … Ballentine's law dictionary
convict labor system — noun : a plan or system for utilizing convict labor often authorized by law compare contract system, lease system, piece price system, public account system, public works and ways system, state use system … Useful english dictionary
convict lease — Another term for convict labor contract … Ballentine's law dictionary
Labor federation competition in the United States — A labor federation is a group of unions or labor organizations that are in some sense coordinated. The terminology used to identify such organizations grows out of usage, and has sometimes been imprecise. For example, nationals are sometimes… … Wikipedia
Contract Labor Law — The federal statute regulating and restricting the practice of inducing immigration by paying the expenses of travel to the United States for the purpose of obtaining cheap manual labor. 3 Am J2d Aliens § 62. See convict labor … Ballentine's law dictionary
contract system — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : an arrangement whereby industrial activities are carried out by a contractor intermediary between the manufacturer or entrepreneur and the workers 2. : the system of selling to a contractor at a fixed sum per unit of time the … Useful english dictionary
contract laborers — Emigrants who, without sufficient means in their own hands or in those of their friends, agree in consideration of the payment of their passage, to accept designated employment in the United States at stated wages, usually the lowest possible… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Knights of Labor — The Great Seal of the Knights of Labor The Knights of Labor (K of L) (officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor ) was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leader was … Wikipedia
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899 — There were two related incidents between miners and mine owners in Coeur d Alene: the Coeur d Alene, Idaho labor strike of 1892, and the Coeur d Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899. The confrontation of 1899 resulted from the miners… … Wikipedia
hiring out prisoners — See convict labor; convict labor contract … Ballentine's law dictionary
