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Taft-Hartley

Taft-Hartley verb: to hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.

Verb

Taft-Hartley (third-person singular simple present Taft-Hartleys, present participle Taft-Hartleying, simple past and past participle Taft-Hartleyed)

  1. To hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.

Noun

Taft-Hartley (plural Taft-Hartleys)

  1. A form used on SAG union projects when an actor is hired who is non-union.

Forms of Taft-Hartley

Verb
third-person singular presentTaft-Hartleys
present participleTaft-Hartleying
past participleTaft-Hartleyed
pastTaft-Hartleyed
Noun
pluralTaft-Hartleys

Origin of Taft-Hartley

From the Taft–Hartley Act as applied to the Screen Actors Guild policies.

Questions about Taft-Hartley

What does Taft-Hartley mean?
Taft-Hartley means to hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.
What part of speech is Taft-Hartley?
Taft-Hartley can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of Taft-Hartley?
The past tense of Taft-Hartley is Taft-Hartleyed.

Words near Taft-Hartley in the dictionary

  1. tafsir
  2. tafsirs
  3. taft
  4. Taft Heights
  5. Taft Mosswood
  6. Taft-Hartley
  7. Taft-Hartleyed
  8. Taft-Hartleying
  9. Taft-Hartleys
  10. taftan
  11. tafted

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