If Republican Doug Mastriano wins the increasingly competitive Pennsylvania governor’s race next month, the passage of aggressive anti-union legislation targeting private- and public-sector unions is virtually guaranteed.

Mastriano, a state senator who is facing Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro in the November 8 election, is well known for his Christian nationalism, his role in the January 6 assault on the Capitol, and his dalliances with neo-Nazis. Less covered this election cycle is that Mastriano and his GOP allies are preparing an unprecedented attack on the labor movement in Pennsylvania via so-called right-to-work legislation.

In April, when Mastriano was asked if he supported making Pennsylvania a right-to-work state, he said, “Clearly, I’m a supporter of that. And I can actively use my network across the state to pressure my colleagues in the general assembly to get it done.”