right-to-work law

right-to-work law definition - finance
A law that prohibits unions from requiring employees of unionized companies to join the union. States were given the right to pass right-to-work laws under the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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