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  2. Right-to-work law - Wikipedia

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    Right-to-work law. In the context of labor law in the United States, the term right-to-work laws refers to state laws that prohibit union security agreements between employers and labor unions which require employees who are not union members to contribute to the costs of union representation. Unlike the right to work definition as a human ...

  3. Right to work - Wikipedia

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    The right to work is the concept that people have a human right to work, or to engage in productive employment, and should not be prevented from doing so.The right to work, enshrined in the United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is recognized in international human-rights law through its inclusion in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...

  4. Right to Work laws in the UK - Wikipedia

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    The British government's website states that "You must check that a job applicant is allowed to work for you in the UK before you employ them." A complete guide to the combination of documents accepted as right-to-work documents and how to check them can be found on the government website for Acceptable right to work documents. The correct ...

  5. Remembering the racist history of ‘right-to-work’ laws - AOL

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    As of Feb. 13, Michigan’s deceptively named “right-to-work” laws officially became a thing of the past, marking the first time in nearly 60 years a state has repealed one of these laws. This ...

  6. Biggest Myths About The Right-To-Work Laws - AOL

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    Q: I live in a right-to-work state. It actually benefits the employer. I was told by a manager that because it is a right-to-work state they have the right to fire at will. I also worked at ...

  7. Do Right-To-Work Laws Actually Help Workers -- Or ... - AOL

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    Michigan right-to-work law protested. After all, the number of Americans who are part of an organized union has dropped from a third of the country's workers in the 1950s to only about a tenth ...

  8. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation - Wikipedia

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    National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTW) was founded in 1968 to provide legal aid to employees who sought to fight compulsory union membership. [2] The Foundation says it has represented "the rights of more than 20,000 employees in more than 2,500 cases" since its inception, including multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases. [2]

  9. Labor rights - Wikipedia

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    Rights. Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, these rights influence working conditions in the relations of employment.