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I think it's fair to say libertarians do not support right-to-work laws on principle, because the freedom of contract is used to justify dozens of other positions in their ideology. You cannot logically be a libertarian and support right-to-work laws.

Can you find a single local libertarian party or recognized libertarian organization that supports right-to-work laws? Can you find enough to challenge my "blanket statement"?

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I was mistaken. What I meant to convey is that I do not support At-will employment as long as unions are weak.

(I believe the power of unions has been artificially weakened and corrupted by government interaction. Therefore I self-describe as libertarian, despite liking unions and disliking at-will employment. I concede that my politics are likely at odds with most self-described libertarian politicians.)

Putting aside the libertarian party I think FA Hayek is as libertarian as anyone in history and he supported right to work laws. Such laws make some contracts invalid and that's the extent to how they really operate.

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