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yellow-dog contract


yellow–dog contract

noun

Definition of YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT

: an employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in order to get a job

First Known Use of YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT

1920

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