contract labor

noun

1. labor coercible by the enforceable provisions of a contract.
2. foreign labor supplied under contract for a particular job.

Example Sentences

The male indians of Tuxtla are, in large part, employed in contract labor on fincas at a distance from the town.

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Should the contract labor system in public prisons be forbidden?

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Contract labor of this kind is quite different from the peonage and contract labor of the non-industrial races.

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The Japanese, with contract labor abolished, have shown a disposition to strike for higher wages.

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A state law should prohibit prison contract labor in the state of X——.

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