"right to work" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹaɪt tə wɜːk/ [UK], /ɹaɪt tə wɝk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-right to work.wav Forms: rights to work [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rights to work}} right to work (plural rights to work)
  1. (public policy, law, ethics) The human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment. Categories (topical): Ethics, Law Translations (the fundamental human right to have employment): 工作權 (Chinese Mandarin), 工作权 (gōngzuò quán) (Chinese Mandarin), recht op arbeid [neuter] (Dutch), recht op werk [neuter] (Dutch), oikeus työhön (Finnish), droit au travail [masculine] (French), Recht auf Arbeit [neuter] (German), a munkához való jog (Hungarian), diritto al lavoro [masculine] (Italian), 働く権利 (hataraku kenri) (alt: はたらくけんり) (Japanese), prawo do pracy [neuter] (Polish), пра́во на труд (právo na trud) [neuter] (Russian), derecho al trabajo [masculine] (Spanish), derecho a trabajar [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-right_to_work-en-noun-DwA89K~O Topics: ethics, human-sciences, law, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'the fundamental human right to have employment': 87 7 6
  2. (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. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law Translations (prohibition of closed shops): derecho al trabajo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-right_to_work-en-noun-63qeT3wq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 82 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 76 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 79 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 83 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 72 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 66 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 74 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 72 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 66 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 75 14 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'prohibition of closed shops': 3 94 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right, work. Related terms: Rand formula, right to strike
    Sense id: en-right_to_work-en-noun-1xypkcbQ

Inflected forms

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