free labour

noun

1. the labour of workers who are not members of trade unions
2. such workers collectively

Example Sentences

"A good indication of whether prisoners freely consent to work is whether the conditions of employment approximate those of a free labour relationship," the spokesperson said.

From Reuters

Capitalising upon the free labour of K-influencers, the government reposts and shares their content on official YouTube channels.

From Salon

When the Gezira project started in 1911, slaves were largely used as free labour to mainly grow cotton for the industrial mills of north-west England.

From BBC

JMW: We’re not doing free labour any more, period.

From Nature

For a century and a half, from the late 17th century until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, its merchants, ships and warehouses played a key role in the extraordinarily cruel system that saw men, women and children taken from West Africa to British colonies in the Americas, where they were forced to provide free labour to sugar growers and rum distillers.

From Washington Times