right to work
Anti-compulsory union laws
Right to work refers to laws that prohibit requiring union membership or dues payment as a condition of employment.
In states with right-to-work laws, workers in unionized workplaces can benefit from union-negotiated contracts without joining or financially supporting the union: Texas is a right-to-work state.
Supporters frame these laws as protecting worker freedom; opponents argue they weaken unions by enabling free riders.
The phrase sometimes appears more broadly to suggest a general entitlement to employment, though this usage is less common in American legal contexts.
Joint worker-employer talks
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- open shopWorkplace without mandatory union membership
- duesRegular membership payments
- free riderOne benefiting without contributing
union membership · labor movement · workplace · employment law · statute · legislation · jurisdiction · enforcement
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- open shopWorkplace without mandatory union membership
- duesRegular membership payments
free rider · union membership · labor movement · workplace · employment law · statute · legislation · jurisdiction · enforcement · exemption
union
Joining into one
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- employmentPaid occupation status
- at-willWithout needing permission
nonunion · workforce · freedom · choice · opportunity · hire · wages · benefits · economy · job
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- human rightshuman dignity, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, fair trial
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- UK ImmigrationBritish citizenship, British passport, Home Office, immigration law, immigration officer
- labor policylabor laws, labor contracts, worker protections, job protection, working conditions
- Labor Politicslabor laws, labor movement, labor policy, unionization, labor disputes
right to workcollective bargaining rights
Workers' legal negotiating power
labor solidarity · card check · union power · organized labor · labor protection
work, right, rights, righteous, rightly, rightful, rightness, righted, righting