yellow-dog contract
noun
: an employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in order to get a job
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In response to a massive UMWA organizing effort in the area, local mining companies forced miners to sign yellow-dog contracts that bound them never to join a union.
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Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
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Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
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