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yellow-dog contract

noun

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A now-unlawful agreement conditioning employment on the worker's promise never to join a union.

That clause barring him from ever joining a union is a textbook yellow-dog contract and utterly unenforceable today.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

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