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Yellow dog contract

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005286

An employment agreement where a worker promises not to join a labor union or to quit a union if already a member, as a condition of employment. This type of contract historically aimed to prevent unionization and collective bargaining within workplaces. Such agreements were largely outlawed in the United States by the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005286
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005286",
  "term": "Yellow dog contract",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An employment agreement where a worker promises not to join a labor union or to quit a union if already a member, as a condition of employment. This type of contract historically aimed to prevent unionization and collective bargaining within workplaces. Such agreements were largely outlawed in the United States by the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/yellow-dog-contract/"
}

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