right to work

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• noun Used other than as an idiom: see right,‎ work.
• noun public policy, law, ethics The human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.
• noun US, public policy, law The prohibition of union security agreements or closed shops; the prohibition of the requirement that those who take on work in a unionised shop join the union or pay it for representing them.