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In political terms, what exactly is "right to work" referring to?

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Jann Nikka answered

In Texas, it means any Employer can fired any employee for any reason or no reason. A reasonable excuse is not needed or required😔. In Texas "Right To Work" has absolutely nothing to do with the Union. It's all about the employer's right to fire anyone for any reason and not to be held liable for nonsense firings. 

Cookie Roma Profile
Cookie Roma answered

It refers to the right to work without having to join a union 

Tom  Jackson Profile
Tom Jackson answered

If you search for the phrase right to work, you will get: relating
to or promoting a worker's right not to be required to join a labor union
.

Unfortunately, that is misleading,

What it means depends on the politician invoking the phrase.

The phrase "the right to work" was coined by the
French socialist leader Louis Blanc in light of the social turmoil of
the early 19th century and rising unemployment in the wake of the 1846
financial crisis which led up to the French Revolution of 1848.

Right-to-work laws do not aim to provide general guarantee of
employment to people seeking work.

Right-to-work laws are a government regulation of the contractual agreements between employers and labor unions that prevents them
from excluding non-union workers or requiring employees to pay a fee to unions that have negotiated the labor contract all the employees work under.  (Unions are already governed by regulations
and laws, including public policy on labor-management relations.)

In the United States, 'right to work' laws as passed by states have sometimes been attempts to curtail union organizing. In other cases, they have been directed against regulation of qualifications for certain positions,  including professional fields governed by professional organizations. Numerous U.S. States have passed laws requiring licensing, testing, and/or educational requirements, often in response to voter complaints about ill-prepared persons,
such as people claiming medical expertise.

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