anti-labor
Hostile to unions
Anti-labor describes opposition to labor unions, workers' collective bargaining rights, or policies that benefit workers: anti-labor legislation, an anti-labor stance.
The term appears most often in political contexts, characterizing positions, laws, or employers hostile to organized labor: The governor's anti-labor record cost him union endorsements.
Voluntary union membership policy
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- offshoringMoving work overseas
- non-unionNot belonging to guilds
zero-hours · automation · cost-cutting · subcontracting · casualization · lockout · strikebreaking · Pinkerton
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
trickle-down · free-market · deunionization · Taft-Hartley · injunction
Exploitative manufacturing workplace
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- underpaidGiven inadequate wages
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
harassment · violation · oppression · intimidation · retaliation · blacklisting · surveillance · coercion
Favoring commercial interests
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- meritocracyAdvancement through demonstrated ability
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
- plutocracyRule by the rich
right-to-work
Voluntary union membership policy
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- offshoringMoving work overseas
non-union · zero-hours · automation · cost-cutting · subcontracting · casualization · lockout · strikebreaking · Pinkerton · scab
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
laissez-faire · trickle-down · free-market · deunionization · Taft-Hartley · injunction
sweatshop
Exploitative manufacturing workplace
discrimination · harassment · violation · oppression · intimidation · retaliation · blacklisting · surveillance · coercion
pro-business
Favoring commercial interests
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- meritocracyAdvancement through demonstrated ability
- elitismPreference for privileged rule