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contract labor

noun

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


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

Should the contract labor system in public prisons be forbidden?

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

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

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

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contractivecontract of employment