right-to-work
Optional union membership
Right-to-work describes laws that prohibit requiring workers to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment.
The term frames the policy as protecting individual choice, though critics argue it weakens unions by allowing workers to benefit from collective bargaining without contributing to its costs.
Texas is a right-to-work state.
The right-to-work law passed over union objections.
Binding principle or regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- policyAdopted principle of action
- billAmount owed, written
- enactmentPassing into law
amendment · provision · ordinance · regulation · mandate · Taft-Hartley · state law · ballot measure
Joining into one
- duesRegular membership payments
- membershipState of belonging
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- organized laborWorkers acting collectively
AFL-CIO · shop · compulsory · voluntary · employee · fee · fair share · opt-out
Payment for work
- employmentPaid occupation status
- jobsPositions of employment
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- business climateEconomic environment for commerce
competitiveness · manufacturing · relocation · incentive · growth · poverty · inequality · income
Opposing worker collectives
- pro-businessFavoring commercial interests
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- RepublicanGOP party member
- libertarianAnti-statist political adherent
Koch · deregulation · freedom · liberty · choice · economic freedom · individual rights · free market
law
Binding principle or regulation
enactment · amendment · provision · ordinance · regulation · mandate · Taft-Hartley · state law · ballot measure · constitutional amendment
union
Joining into one
- duesRegular membership payments
- membershipState of belonging
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
organized labor · AFL-CIO · shop · compulsory · voluntary · employee · fee · fair share · opt-out · free rider
wages
Payment for work
- employmentPaid occupation status
- jobsPositions of employment
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
business climate · competitiveness · manufacturing · relocation · incentive · growth · poverty · inequality · income · cost of living
anti-union
Opposing worker collectives
- pro-businessFavoring commercial interests
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- RepublicanGOP party member
libertarian · Koch · deregulation · freedom · liberty · choice · economic freedom · individual rights · free market · limited government
Texas
Second-largest American state
Michigan · Wisconsin · Indiana · South · red state · blue state · Midwest · regional
- laborlabor, labor union, labor force, laborers, labor movement
- Labor Politicslabor laws, labor movement, labor policy, unionization, labor disputes
- actors unionSAG, SAG-AFTRA, Screen Actors Guild, union card, union dues
- union bustingunion busting, strikebreaker, strikebreaking, scabs, scab
- Corporate Americacorporate ladder, cubicle, cubicles, corner office, office politics
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
right-to-workcollective bargaining rights
Workers' legal negotiating power
worker solidarity · labor solidarity · organized labor · card check