The Collaborative International Dictionary
American plan \A*mer"i*can plan\ In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
Wikipedia
The American Plan is the term that most United States employers in the 1920s used to describe their policy of refusing to negotiate with unions. The policy promoted union-free " open shops", where workers would not be required to join a labor union. It was endorsed by the National Association of Manufacturers in 1920. As a consequence of companies' promoting the "American Plan," as well as Supreme Court decisions hostile to labor, union membership shrank from 5.1 million in 1920 to 3.6 million by 1929. Employers called this a yellow-dog contract.
Employers discouraged workers from joining unions through welfare capitalism. More union[s]/members meant more strikes, which also meant more loss of money. Employers like, Henry Ford, gave shorter work hours, shorter work days, higher pay, and some vacation time to keep the workers from joining the Union.
American Plan may refer to:
- American Plan (union negotiations), a 1920s plan for refusing to negotiate with trades unions
- American Plan, a term used by Sydney Brenner for a model of how brain cells determine their neural functions
- A prostitute management program during world war I in colonial Philippines was called American Plan.
Usage examples of "american plan".
According to the British-American plan, they are to cross the border between Silopi and Zakhu to rescue the assassination team-if they run into trouble.
From that moment on she appeared chosen to become a vital cog in an American plan to avoid a nuclear confrontation.
And that was precisely what the American plan required to be successful.
The American plan was defensive: to hold fast the line of the Hudson and otherwise evade destruction by the superior British force.