YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow-dog contract mean? 

• YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT (noun)
  The noun YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT has 1 sense:

1. a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union

  Familiarity information: YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("yellow-dog contract" is a kind of...):

collective agreement; labor agreement; labor contract (contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions)