right-to-work

[ rahyt-tuh-wurk ]

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adjective

being or relating to legislation that prohibits employers from forcing employees to join a union or pay dues to a union if they are not a member of that union:
The organization spearheaded right-to-work campaigns and worked to pass anti-strike laws in four states.
Organized labor activists made demands to repeal right-to-work laws.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of right-to-work¹

First recorded in 1890–95, for an earlier sense; 1920–25, for the current sense

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California is dinged for not being a right-to-work state and having notoriously high taxes — a top rate of 8.84% on corporate income and 13.3% on personal income.

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Utah has a top tax rate of only 4.55% on personal and corporate income, no estate tax, a rock-bottom minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and a right-to-work law.

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Texas, in addition to having no personal income tax or estate tax, has a $7.25 minimum wage and a right-to-work law.

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Florida gains by having no personal income or estate tax and a right-to-work law, though it’s punished a bit for having a $13 minimum wage.

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Yvette Cooper has announced plans to expand the range of companies that can be fined for not carrying out right-to-work checks on casual workers.

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