If the country’s highest court rules that employees do not have to pay ‘fair-share fees’, it could effectively extend so-called ‘right-to-work’ law nationwideThe US supreme court agreed this week to hear a case that could deal a severe blow to public-sector unions nationwide. If the court rules against unions in this case – and many labor leaders fear it will – it could in effect create a nationwide “right to work” law for public-sector workers, a development that could sap union treasuries.