anti-labor

adjective

an·​ti-la·​bor ˌan-tē-ˈlā-bər How to pronounce anti-labor (audio) ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-labor (audio)
variants or less commonly antilabor
: opposed to or hostile toward the interests and aims of labor organizations
anti-labor laws

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His National Labor Relations Board was laden with anti-labor ideologues. — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 As the economist James Forder has shown, the myth of the Phillips curve as a choice between inflation and labor costs was created by an anti-labor cost sentiment among economists. — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 In 2020, a coalition of ten trade unions, farmers’ organizations, and students’ groups in India organized the largest general strike in human history to protest a new set of anti-labor, anti-farmer laws. — Literary Hub, 31 Jan. 2026 Trump also reinforced his anti-labor bona fides, Mrvan said, by canceling collective bargaining for 450,000 federal employees. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-labor was in 1834

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“Anti-labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-labor. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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