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As an HR Professional you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. What term describes the illegal agreement of the management t

The correct answer is A. Yellow dog contract. A yellow dog contract is the specific legal term for an illegal pre-employment agreement requiring workers to promise not to join or organize a labor union as a condition of being hired.

Employee and Labor Relations

Question

As an HR Professional you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. What term describes the illegal agreement of the management to give an individual a job, as long as the person does not join or be involved with a labor union?

Options

  • AYellow dog contract
  • BScab
  • CShill contract
  • DNon-union agreement

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    81% (43)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    11% (6)

Why each option

A yellow dog contract is the specific legal term for an illegal pre-employment agreement requiring workers to promise not to join or organize a labor union as a condition of being hired.

AYellow dog contractCorrect

A yellow dog contract is the recognized legal term for an employer-imposed agreement in which a worker must pledge not to join or participate in a labor union as a condition of employment. These contracts were made unenforceable under the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932, which prohibited federal courts from enforcing anti-union agreements and protected workers' rights to organize.

BScab

A scab refers to a worker who crosses a picket line or fills the role of a striking employee, not a contractual anti-union employment agreement.

CShill contract

Shill contract is not a recognized legal term in U.S. labor law and does not describe any specific anti-union employment agreement.

DNon-union agreement

Non-union agreement is a generic informal phrase and is not the established legal term used to describe the illegal pre-employment anti-union contract described in the question.

Concept tested: Yellow dog contracts and Norris-LaGuardia Act labor law

Source: https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/who-we-are/our-history

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#yellow dog contract#labor relations#union agreements#employment legislation

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