The Fairness Center
WHO WE ARE:
The Fairness Center is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services to those hurt by public-sector union officials. We advocate for our clients both in the court of law and the court of public opinion.
WHO WE SERVE:
Our clients are public employees and others defending their constitutional rights, facing union retaliation, fighting unfair representation, or demanding accountability for corruption by union officials.
WHERE WE OPERATE:
We offer our free legal services in the states of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New York, and we serve federal government employees wherever they work or reside.
The Fairness Center
Who We Are:
The Fairness Center is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services to those hurt by public-sector union officials. We advocate for our clients both in the court of law and the court of public opinion.
Who We Serve:
Our clients are public employees and others who are defending their constitutional rights, facing union retaliation, fighting unfair representation, or demanding accountability for corruption by union officials.
Where We Operate:
We offer our free legal services in the states of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New York, and we serve federal government employees wherever they work or reside.
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April 2, 2024: “New legal documents filed recently in an ongoing union corruption case in Pennsylvania say officials funneled $1.8 million into a trust fund that’s yet to be recovered and then destroyed evidence of its existence. The lawsuit, filed in 2020 by The Fairness Center on behalf of three workers at a state prison in Huntingdon, accused the treasurer of the local chapter of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association of misappropriating $20,000 between 2009 and 2018.”
March 18, 2024: “The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that six City University of New York (CUNY) professors must accept the representation of a union that they believe hates them. The ruling affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging a public-sector union’s “exclusive representation” of the professors’ bargaining unit, citing precedent that can only be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiffs plan to give the High Court that opportunity.”
February 23, 2024: “A Pennsylvania state worker’s discrimination claim against a public union should proceed, Commonwealth Court says. Tuesday’s ruling means litigation in the Cambria Court of Common Pleas must resume two years after it was initially dismissed…Nathan McGrath, president and general counsel for the Fairness Center, said the court’s decision to remand the case ‘safeguards the right of public employees to sue a union when it abuses them[.]’”
February 21, 2024: “[F]or years, we trusted our union to have our backs and fight for our best interests in the workplace and at the bargaining table. But this past summer…the state police arrested five former state corrections union officials on felony theft charges. Who did they allegedly steal from? The union — which means thousands of dues-paying members who staff prisons across the commonwealth.”
November 2, 2023: “Union and management officials are colluding to deny my First Amendment rights by holding my job hostage for one reason: power. I hope the Supreme Court protects my right to do the job I love without forced submission to a political organization disguised as a union.”
January 22, 2024: “The Fairness Center, a nonprofit public interest law firm representing the professors, says that with amendments to the Taylor Law, ‘unions like the PSC are free to treat nonmembers, like these professors, as second-class employees, offering them inferior services compared to members.'”
“People are scared and afraid to be fired if they leave their union. They need to know that there is a place that will fight for them. That’s why I recommend the Fairness Center to people all the time.”
– Amber Welch
April 2, 2024: “New legal documents filed recently in an ongoing union corruption case in Pennsylvania say officials funneled $1.8 million into a trust fund that’s yet to be recovered and then destroyed evidence of its existence. The lawsuit, filed in 2020 by The Fairness Center on behalf of three workers at a state prison in Huntingdon, accused the treasurer of the local chapter of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association of misappropriating $20,000 between 2009 and 2018.”
March 18, 2024: “The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that six City University of New York (CUNY) professors must accept the representation of a union that they believe hates them. The ruling affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging a public-sector union’s “exclusive representation” of the professors’ bargaining unit, citing precedent that can only be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiffs plan to give the High Court that opportunity.”
February 23, 2024: “A Pennsylvania state worker’s discrimination claim against a public union should proceed, Commonwealth Court says. Tuesday’s ruling means litigation in the Cambria Court of Common Pleas must resume two years after it was initially dismissed…Nathan McGrath, president and general counsel for the Fairness Center, said the court’s decision to remand the case ‘safeguards the right of public employees to sue a union when it abuses them[.]’”
February 21, 2024: “[F]or years, we trusted our union to have our backs and fight for our best interests in the workplace and at the bargaining table. But this past summer…the state police arrested five former state corrections union officials on felony theft charges. Who did they allegedly steal from? The union — which means thousands of dues-paying members who staff prisons across the commonwealth.”
November 2, 2023: “Union and management officials are colluding to deny my First Amendment rights by holding my job hostage for one reason: power. I hope the Supreme Court protects my right to do the job I love without forced submission to a political organization disguised as a union.”
January 22, 2024: “The Fairness Center, a nonprofit public interest law firm representing the professors, says that with amendments to the Taylor Law, ‘unions like the PSC are free to treat nonmembers, like these professors, as second-class employees, offering them inferior services compared to members.'”