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by masklinn 1518 days ago
> "Freedom to work" and "Right to work" are both Orwellian euphemistic terms, to be honest.

The latter is essentially a term of art, the former is not. Using the former is imprecise and confusing.

> Realistically, it's best described as "mutual right to terminate employment without cause" or just "right to terminate".

That is a completely different concept called at-will employment. RTW is about union shops (not to be confused with closed shops, which have been illegal in the US since Taft-Hartley)