Definitions

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  • adjective In opposition of labor unions.
  • adjective In opposition of the labor party.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ labor

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Examples

  • Unions call it an antilabor political tool that would curb the resources they have to bargain with employers over workers' pay, benefits and work rules.

    Both Sides in Labor Fight Point to Oklahoma Melanie Trottman 2012

  • They cite a 23-page report by the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, two highly conservative groups, that strings together elaborate statistics to support antilabor assumptions.

    Teacher Pay, Instruction Quality and Career Incentives 2011

  • Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the National Education Association teachers union, said the flood of antilabor legislation this year isn't coincidental.

    Unions Contend With Inhospitable States Mark A. Stein 2011

  • Associated Press Union members on Tuesday protested antilabor bills outside the Senate chambers at the Indiana Statehouse.

    Indiana Democrats Stage Boycott Thomas M. Burton 2011

  • In part this reflected his withdrawal from the fray after his rejection of the strike demands on August 8, leaving Walker Young to execute the harsher antilabor steps.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • In part this reflected his withdrawal from the fray after his rejection of the strike demands on August 8, leaving Walker Young to execute the harsher antilabor steps.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Sweeping Republican victories in the 1946 elections, giving conservatives a majority in Congress, fueled significant challenges to the New Deal order — the defeat of the Economic Bill of Rights and passage of the antilabor Taft-Hartley Act, in particular — and exacerbated the emerging Cold War with the Soviet Union.

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • The antilabor thrust of the Alliance was evident from the beginning, and many of the leading members were well known for their "anti-strike, pro-management, pro-industrial harmony positions."

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • In 1947, ominous portents, mirroring the dislocations that had fueled European fascism after World War One, were everywhere: fears of rising inflation and a return of the depression, concerns about the reintegration of war veterans, rising anti-Semitism and racism, and a flurry of antilabor legislation all suggested to them that America was on the road to fascism.

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • Schneiderman fought back by organizing newly enfranchised women to defeat antilabor legislators in the 1918 election.

    Rose Schneiderman. 2009

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