Citations:right to work

Phrase

 * 1930, vernacular:
 * "By the 1930s, the phrase 'right to work' was common in American political parlance, and it was meant to draw a contrast to labor’s claim of a right to strike."
 * 1968 (revised 2008), William Safire:
 * "Right to work is a management slogan that has been adopted as the generic term for anti–compulsory-union legislation, which labor refers to as 'labor-busting laws.'"