anti-labor

adjective

an·​ti-la·​bor ˌan-tē-ˈlā-bər  ˌan-tī- 

variants or less commonly antilabor

: opposed to or hostile toward the interests and aims of labor organizations

anti-labor laws

Examples of anti-labor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-labor

• belabor
• nonlabor
• labor
• neighbor
• neighbour
• saber
• sabre
• tabor