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And today, we are going to be talking about unions. Or rather, we're going to talk about the imminent

decimation of unions thanks to none other than Neil Gorsick. I'm sorry, you know I mean

Neil Gorsuch. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that

labor advocates are worried could spell the end of public sector unions as we know them.

The case is Janice v. the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, or Ask Me, and at issue

is whether or not fees that go to help support collective bargaining efforts by the union

are political speech. If they are, then the over 20 state laws that allow unions to collect

those fees could end up tossed while conservatives usher in a national quote-unquote right-to-work regime.

In this episode, we'll give you some history on public sector unions and the crusade by

conservatives to gut them. We'll also dive into the legal arguments in Janus and what a win for

conservatives would mean for the rest of us. And we'll get to listener reviews. So stay tuned.

All right. So let's talk about unions in the so-called right-to-work nonsense at issue in Janus.

28 states, primarily in the South and the Midwest, have what the right calls right-to-work laws.

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