Republican Party (United States)

====Labor unions and the minimum wage====
The Republican Party is generally opposed to labor unions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-debate-republican-trump-union-strikes-b2475831.html|title=What the GOP candidates have said about strikes and unions|date=January 9, 2024|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/25/republicans-working-class-voter-unions-worker-protections-organize|title=Republicans want working-class voters — without actually supporting workers|first=Steven|last=Greenhouse|date=October 25, 2022|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Republicans believe corporations should be able to establish their own employment practices, including benefits and wages, with the free market deciding the price of work. Since the 1920s, Republicans have generally been opposed by [[Trade union|labor union]] organizations and members. At the national level, Republicans supported the [[Taft–Hartley Act]] of 1947, which gives workers the right not to participate in unions. Modern Republicans at the state level generally support various [[right-to-work laws]].{{efn|Right-to-work laws ban [[union security agreement]]s, which require all workers in a unionized workplace to pay dues or a fair-share fee regardless of whether they are members of the union or not.<ref>{{cite web|title=Employer/Union Rights and Obligations|url=https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employerunion-rights-and-obligations|publisher=National Labor Relations Board|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711175358/https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employerunion-rights-and-obligations|archive-date=July 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}}{{cn|date=March 2024}}

Most Republicans also oppose increases in the [[minimum wage]], believing that such increases hurt businesses by forcing them to cut and outsource jobs while passing on costs to consumers.<ref>{{cite news |title=House Passes Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15, a Victory for Liberals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/minimum-wage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718143024/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/minimum-wage.html |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=March 12, 2020|last1=Stolberg |first1=Sheryl Gay |last2=Smialek |first2=Jeanna }}</ref>