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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Someone who has seen these messages told me that another theme in the chat, which disbanded in January because its members had begun to quarrel, was an impulse to expand into broader anti-labor activities. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 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 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 His National Labor Relations Board was laden with anti-labor ideologues. — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for anti-labor

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 14 Oct. 2026.

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