Taft-Hartley

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person Taft-Hartleys · participle present Taft-Hartleying · participle past Taft-Hartleyed · past Taft-Hartleyed

  1. broadcastingTo hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.
nounTaft-Hartley (plural Taft-Hartleys)

plural Taft-Hartleys

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

Origin

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

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APA

Taft-Hartley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taft-Hartley

MLA

“Taft-Hartley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taft-Hartley. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Taft-Hartley,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taft-Hartley.

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