English Explanatory Dictionary

yellow dog contract

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

yellow dog contract yellow dog contracts

Etymology

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

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