What is a yellow dog contract?

In American Slang, a yellow PSHu contract is a contract between an employee and an employer in which the employee agrees that they do not connect to the Union. This is considered a period of employment; If an employee is attached or organized by the Union, it may be released. In the United States, this practice is now illegal, but it was once quite common, which was used as a tool to urge people to give up their right to organize in exchange for employment. The work organizers strongly protested against the practice of designing contracts of yellow dog as a job conditions and as a result the practice was banned in 1932 under the law of Norris-Laguardia. Many potential employees were willing to sign yellow dog contracts to get employment and ensure that their work was safe, and employers used it to effectively close the Osnion from their workplaces. People referred to such contracts as "yellow dogs" to refer to the idea that employees whoY signed, "worth a little more than a yellow dog".

Unions naturally opposed the contract with the yellow dog and claimed that it prevented the freedoms of employees and it was much harder for the trade unions to promote protection in the workplace. Employers proposed that employees should not be signed to choose such a contract, although trade unions believed that a high degree of coercion was involved, because employees would often not be hired without signing the yellow dog contract. Only a very small real choice was involved for people in stressed financial positions when she faced a yellow dog contract.

Trade unions eventually managed to overthrow practice in 1932 and freedom to organize and join the Union was enforced in 1935 by the law of Wagner, which was the above -mentioned end of the contract with a yellow dog. With the freedom of the organization, trade unions became much stronger and lobbied for their members to secureIly that American workers have safe working conditions and fair wages.

Some people use the term "yellow dog contract" to reference to the agreements of not being signed by many people when they enter a job that deal with sensitive information. An agreement without competition can also be referred to as a contract with a yellow dog in some circles. Both types of agreements are common in many industries.