Employee agreements not to join labor unions as a condition of employment were known as ______.
A) anti-fraternization contracts
B) yellow-dog contracts
C) anti-socialization contracts
D) featherbedding contracts
E) free rider contracts

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Because of management's superior bargaining power, prior to 1932 management often made it a condition of employment that employees agree not to join a labor union. Such agreements became known as yellow-dog contracts because any employee who would forsake the right to join fellow employees in unionization was considered a cowardly scoundrel (yellow dog).

Employee Agreements Not to Join Labor Unions as a Condition