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right-to-work law

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right-to-work law

–noun
a state law making it illegal to refuse employment to a person for the sole reason that he or she is not a union member.

Origin:
1955–60, Americanism
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right-to-work law   (rīt'tə-wûrk')
n.  A state law that prohibits required union membership of workers.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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