right to workn.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɪt tᵿ ˈwəːk/, U.S.

/ˌraɪt tə ˈwərk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right n., to, work v.

Etymology: < right n. + to + work v.

1. The right (regarded as a human right) to take up work or employment without prejudice or impediment.The right to work was proclaimed under Article 23 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 Dec. 1948.

ΚΠ

1868 Times 12 Dec. 10/3 The Spanish revolution..had lived in the free exercise of the ‘right to work’—the right to work as little as it pleased.

1896 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 6 293 The older Socialism rested upon such ideas as ‘the right to live’, ‘the right to work’, ‘payment according to needs’... The ‘ideology’ of the older socialists has given way to a deliberately..scientific treatment of life.

1935 Mod. Lang. Notes 50 71 (title) Victor Hugo and the doctrine of the right to work.

1968 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 28 184 This imprescriptible right to work could, of course, be fully realized in the phalanx, or societary commune.

1979 T. Benn Arguments for Socialism vi. 141 Unemployment challenges women's right to work and through work to enjoy a freer life.

2003 Prospect Sept. 70/3 He had scented a wind of change, had heard, muttered in the back streets, the Thatcherist heresy: ‘Your right to strike conflicts with my right to work.’

2. Chiefly U.S. An asserted right in employment relations to freedom from interference by labour unions; spec. the right to oppose or ban employment for which only trade-union members are permitted (see closed shop n. at closed adj. Compounds). Frequently attributive.Used chiefly in reference to statutes enforced in certain U.S. states under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), which prohibit the requirement of union membership for employment.

ΚΠ

1923 Independent 31 Mar. 215 In the Western State [sc. Nebraska], the so-called ‘right-to-work law’ prohibiting picketing and defining unlawful interference with the right to work was..adopted after a sharp contest.

1947 Washington Post 24 Jan. 6/1 Virginia's new anti-closed-shop act, or ‘right to work’ law as it is somewhat euphemistically termed, stems directly from two particular abuses.

1958 Economist 15 Nov. 599/2 So far the only change that Mr Meany has committed himself to seek is one to remove the provision which allows the states to adopt ‘right-to-work’ laws. These are laws forbidding employers and unions to enter into contracts that require workers to join the union within a specified period.

1967 Harper's Mag. Mar. 8 You might have then seen the virtue of the right-to-work policy... What would have been gained..if you sanctioned a system by which this honest and qualified ex-con were compelled to join a union against his will as the price of holding his new-found job?

1981 H. I. Scott in L. Evans Overtime (1990) 36 Here is a brief dialogue that may give you some idea of what goes on in an interview for a non-union steel job in a ‘right-to-work (for less)’ state.

1992 Village Voice (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 18/3 Speaking of evasions, did you catch Slick Willie's threesquare stand in New Hampshire on the Right-to-Work?

2000 Oxf. Amer. May–June 116/3 The Screen Actors Guild requires that a big percentage of the extras and one hundred percent of the stand-ins on a Hollywood set come from the union (in right-to-work states like Mississippi the rule doesn't apply).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	right to work
释义	right to workn. Brit. /ˌrʌɪt tᵿ ˈwəːk/, U.S. /ˌraɪt tə ˈwərk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right n., to, work v. Etymology: < right n. + to + work v. 1. The right (regarded as a human right) to take up work or employment without prejudice or impediment.The right to work was proclaimed under Article 23 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 Dec. 1948. ΚΠ 1868 Times 12 Dec. 10/3 The Spanish revolution..had lived in the free exercise of the ‘right to work’—the right to work as little as it pleased. 1896 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 6 293 The older Socialism rested upon such ideas as ‘the right to live’, ‘the right to work’, ‘payment according to needs’... The ‘ideology’ of the older socialists has given way to a deliberately..scientific treatment of life. 1935 Mod. Lang. Notes 50 71 (title) Victor Hugo and the doctrine of the right to work. 1968 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 28 184 This imprescriptible right to work could, of course, be fully realized in the phalanx, or societary commune. 1979 T. Benn Arguments for Socialism vi. 141 Unemployment challenges women's right to work and through work to enjoy a freer life. 2003 Prospect Sept. 70/3 He had scented a wind of change, had heard, muttered in the back streets, the Thatcherist heresy: ‘Your right to strike conflicts with my right to work.’ 2. Chiefly U.S. An asserted right in employment relations to freedom from interference by labour unions; spec. the right to oppose or ban employment for which only trade-union members are permitted (see closed shop n. at closed adj. Compounds). Frequently attributive.Used chiefly in reference to statutes enforced in certain U.S. states under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), which prohibit the requirement of union membership for employment. ΚΠ 1923 Independent 31 Mar. 215 In the Western State [sc. Nebraska], the so-called ‘right-to-work law’ prohibiting picketing and defining unlawful interference with the right to work was..adopted after a sharp contest. 1947 Washington Post 24 Jan. 6/1 Virginia's new anti-closed-shop act, or ‘right to work’ law as it is somewhat euphemistically termed, stems directly from two particular abuses. 1958 Economist 15 Nov. 599/2 So far the only change that Mr Meany has committed himself to seek is one to remove the provision which allows the states to adopt ‘right-to-work’ laws. These are laws forbidding employers and unions to enter into contracts that require workers to join the union within a specified period. 1967 Harper's Mag. Mar. 8 You might have then seen the virtue of the right-to-work policy... What would have been gained..if you sanctioned a system by which this honest and qualified ex-con were compelled to join a union against his will as the price of holding his new-found job? 1981 H. I. Scott in L. Evans Overtime (1990) 36 Here is a brief dialogue that may give you some idea of what goes on in an interview for a non-union steel job in a ‘right-to-work (for less)’ state. 1992 Village Voice (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 18/3 Speaking of evasions, did you catch Slick Willie's threesquare stand in New Hampshire on the Right-to-Work? 2000 Oxf. Amer. May–June 116/3 The Screen Actors Guild requires that a big percentage of the extras and one hundred percent of the stand-ins on a Hollywood set come from the union (in right-to-work states like Mississippi the rule doesn't apply). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
随便看	θ1848 θ18480 θ184800 θ184803 θ184804 θ184806 θ184807 θ184808 θ184809 θ18481 θ184810 θ184811 θ184812 θ184813 θ184814 θ184815 θ184816 θ184817 θ184818 θ184819 θ18482 θ184820 θ184821 θ184822 θ184823