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Omaha Steve

(99,505 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2015, 12:38 PM Mar 2015

3-23-15 “Yellow Dog Contracts” Labor History in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-23-1427109587/

March 23, 2015
Do you know that it used to be legal for employers in their United States to make their employees sign a contract promising not join a union?

Such agreements were often referred to as “Yellow Dog Contracts.”

2:00 minute audio at link.

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