HOT-CARGO AGREEMENT

hot-cargo agreement.Labor law. A voluntary agreement between a union and a neutral employer by which the latter agrees to exert pressure on another employer with whom the union has a dispute, as by ceasing or refraining from handling, using, selling, transporting, or otherwise dealing in any of the products of an employer that the union has labeled as unfair. • Most agreements of this type were prohibited by the Landrum–Griffin Act of 1959. See LANDRUM–GRIFFIN ACT.

[Blacks Law 8th]