The Right Is Trying to Take Down Public Sector Unions. It May Bring Much More Down With It.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: People wait in line to enter the US Supreme Court building January 11, 2016 in Washington, DC. The high court is hearing arguments inÊthe Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case. The case will decide whether California and twenty two other states can make public-employees, such as public school teacher Rebecca Friedrichs, to pay union agency fees. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The Right Is Trying to Take Down Public Sector Unions. It May Bring Much More Down With It.

Three recent lawsuits are a warning to the Supreme Court that a lot more than agency fees are at stake if it curtails the rights of public sector unions.