How to Use right-to-work in a Sentence

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• One of the toughest nuts to crack is the South, where states have right-to-work laws.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2023
• All three are right-to-work (that is, anti-union) states.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• There are now right-to-work laws in 27 U.S. states, mostly in the South and Midwest.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• There are now right-to-work laws in 27 US states, mostly in the South and Midwest.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• In a win for unions, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer repealed Michigan's ''right-to-work'' law.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• Nucor does most of its production in right-to-work states and is not unionized, unlike U.S. Steel.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
• Indiana, where Honda, Subaru, and Toyota have plants, is a right-to-work state.
  — Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
• The effect of Michigan’s right-to-work law was immediate.
  — The Editors, National Review, 14 Mar. 2023
• Advocates of workers’ rights should watch Michigan, where Democrats are preparing to repeal the state’s right-to-work law.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
• The laws are widely opposed by unions in part because studies have shown that states with right-to-work laws have lower unionization rates.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
• The form notifies workers of their rights under Florida’s right-to-work law and the Janus decision.
  — The Editors, National Review, 3 May 2023
• In a narrow 20-17 vote on Tuesday, along party lines, the Michigan Senate passed the bill to revoke the state’s right-to-work laws, sending it back to the state’s House for final approval.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• Michigan, home to many auto plants under U.S. ownership, repealed its right-to-work law last year.
  — Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
• Fewer workers are needed to manufacture the cars, and battery plants are opening in right-to-work states, rather than union-friendly sites.
  — Bo Erickson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• But Democrats passed a state law that would also repeal right-to-work for public sector workers in the event the court reverses its earlier decision.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
• In 2017, the Kentucky legislature passed a right-to-work bill that prohibits the requirement for employees to join unions or pay union dues as a condition of employment.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
• Kimbrell, the longtime production worker, knows that Alabama's right-to-work laws and largely non-union workforce were a big part of what drew automakers to Alabama in the first place.
  — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
• Michigan recently became the first state in more than half a century to restore power to workers by repealing its anti-union right-to-work law.
  — Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
• Whitmer repeals right-to-work, reinstates prevailing wage in Michigan Both Fain and Curry offered long tenures with the union even though their backgrounds diverged.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2023
• Under Republican control of state government, Michigan passed its right-to-work law in 2012.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• Other automakers, many of which concentrate their production in right-to-work states, made it through the recession without government help.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
• When Republicans in the legislature proposed a right-to-work bill, which would allow workers in union shops to opt out of paying dues, Snyder initially opposed it.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• Twenty-six other states have right-to-work laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• This is why business organizations almost always favor right-to-work laws.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Labor unions pushed for these reversals, arguing that right-to-work laws let private-sector employees free-ride off union contracts without paying fees.
  — Eric Burlison and F. Vincent Vernuccio, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
• Some states have a higher prevalence of unionized labor, particularly in large cities and on public works projects, while others may see more non-union electricians hired, especially in right-to-work states.
  — Bob Woods, CNBC, 27 July 2024
• Now, the union wants to focus its attention on automakers like Toyota and Tesla, who have resisted unionization or opened plants in right-to-work states that are hostile to collective bargaining.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
• Given his state’s history with right-to-work, Hawley’s abandonment of the conservative position on this issue is troubling.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
• The climate in Georgia, including its status as a right-to-work state where workers cannot be required to join a union as a condition of employment, has made organizing a challenge and left the writers and actors guilds with a limited footprint.
  — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• So far, though, the vast majority of clean-tech factories eligible for federal subsidies are located in Republican-run, right-to-work states that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Jan 2025