yellow-dog contract
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yellow-dog contract
dated An employment contract in which an employee agrees not to join a labor union for the duration of their employment. Such contracts are no longer legal. Primarily heard in US. The company was accused of trying to make its new employees sign secret yellow-dog contracts to undermine the efforts of local labor unions.
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