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Announcer coming up on washington journal, the state of the progressive legal movement. The cofounder and executive director demand for justice will join us. Also the president of the national right to work Legal Defense foundation, mark mix, on workforce issues and recent labor unrest. Washington journal starts now. This is a very sad day for america and was also very sad driving through washington, d. C. And seeing the filth and decay and all of the broken buildings and walls with the graffiti. This is not the place i left, it is a sad thing to see it. When you look at what is happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person that is leading by very very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading bided biden by a lot. If you cannot beat him, you persecute him or prosecute him. We cannot let this happen in america. Host good morning. It is friday, august 4. Former President Trump
Public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Welcome back to washington journal. Im joined by the president of the national right to work Legal Defense foundation, mark mix. Welcome to the program. Mark thank you for the opportunity. Remind us of the organization and what you do and how you are funded. Mark yeah, the mission has been around since 1968. Our mission is to provide Legal Services to employees whose rights have been violated by compulsory arrangements. And, that manifests itself in lots of different ways, but since 1968, we literally help hundreds of thousands employees to exercise their rights in the american workplace. We have 20 lawyers that provide free Legal Services to workers across the country. At any given time, and a 12month rolling period, we have anywhere from 200250 active cases on behalf of employees. We sue unions and employers when they violate rights. We been to the Supreme Court 18 times in won and
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