yellow dog contract

English

Etymology

So called because such agreements were thought to reduce employees to the status of yellow dogs (“worthless things”).

Noun

yellow dog contract (plural yellow dog contracts)

1. (law) An agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union whilst employed.

Translations

agreement

• Spanish: contrato que prohíbe afiliación con un gremio m