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A yellow-dog contract (or a "yellow dog contract" or a yellow-dog clause of a contract) is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employme...
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One of the most effective was the yellow dog contract, which frequently forced employees to either sign an agreement not to join a union or be fired. Courts upheld the legality of yellow dog contracts and frequently struck down state laws that sought to outlaw them.
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A name given in American labor law to contract of employment by which the employee promises not to join a union or agrees to forfeit employment if he/she joins a union during the period of employment. ... These types of contracts are now prohibited by American law, as they are in Canada.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is a Yellow Dog Contract? ... Many prospective employees were willing to sign yellow dog contracts to get jobs, and to ensure that their jobs would be safe, and employers used this to effectively shut the union out of their workplaces.
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» Modern Day Yellow Dog Contracts?? from Adjunct Law Prof Blog; NY Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse wrote an excellent August 29, 2009 article revealing the practice of Regis Corporation that is apparently encouraging employees, but not requiring them, to sign a document agreeing to insist on a union election...
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Any undertaking or promise, such as is described in this section, or any other undertaking or promise in conflict with the public policy declared in section 102 of this title, is declared to be contrary to the public policy ... Cases & Codes / Opinion Summaries / Sample Business Contracts / Research an attorney or law firm...
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In 1898 Congress passed the Erdman Act, which prevented railroads that were engaged in interstate commerce from forcing their employees to sign yellow dog contracts. In Adair v. the United States, however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Erdman Act was unconstitutional.
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