Question

What did workers do when they signed yellow-dog contracts?

Answer 1

Answer: When they sign a yellow- dog contract they are agreeing to the company which forces each individual worker to sign, on the penalty of not getting the job (or if he already has the job, of losing it), binding the worker to surrender his right to organize. In other words, yellow dog binds the worker not to join a union.

Answer 2

Answer:

The yellow dog contract is an agreement the company forces each individual worker to sign, on the penalty of not getting the job (or if he already has the job, of losing it), binding the worker to surrender his right to organize. The simplest form of yellow dog binds the worker not to join a union.

Explanation:

In the United States, such contracts were, until the 1930s, widely used by employers to prevent the formation of unions, most often by permitting employers to take legal action against union organizers. In 1932, yellow-dog contracts were outlawed in the United States under the Norris-LaGuardia Act.