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, New York, and Colorado, and we serve federal government employees wherever they work or reside.
WHO WE ARE: The Fairness Center is a nonprofit law firm providing 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 from union officials.
WHERE WE OPERATE: We offer our free legal services in the states of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, and Colorado. We also serve federal government employees wherever they work or reside.
Latest News
March 13, 2025: “A longtime teacher at Oswego High School is suing the two unions that represented him, and their presidents, for wages taken from his paycheck, after he informed them he longer wanted to be a member.”
February 20, 2025: “Following President Trump’s executive order to combat anti-Semitism came reports that his administration has opened investigations at five U.S. universities—including at UC Berkeley…But investigators would be wise to also examine the role unions have played. My own lawsuit…should be enough to raise alarm bells.”
February 6, 2025: “‘I tried to reform the union from within but was greeted only by more hate and abuse. I hope my lawsuit shows the thousands of others represented by the union what it is saying and doing in their name and ends the harassment I’ve experienced.’”
January 27, 2025:“It was like a knife in the back of UC Berkeley’s Jewish community when, less than a week after the horror and death of October 7, the union issued a statement condemning Israel. Since that time, union officials have only twisted that knife by systematically discriminating against Jews…I hope my lawsuit ends the union’s culture of anti-Semitism and holds accountable those responsible for it.”
UC Berkeley Jewish Israeli researcher sues local UAW union over alleged antisemitic actions hate
Fox News
SCOTUS urged to hear Jewish professors’ case against forced union representation law
The Center Square
January 24, 2025: “Karin Yaniv filed suit on Friday against her local UAW chapter, alleging she and other Israeli Jews were excluded from full union participation based on their ethnicity. The suit alleges union members acted in a hostile, discriminatory and antisemitic manner, which her lawyers say is a violation of the Civil Rights Act and California law.”
December 31, 2024: “Professor Avraham Goldstein told The Center Square that he and his colleagues ‘are challenging the Taylor Law because it imposes on us the representation of a union that is actively and vocally anti-Israel, that supports harassing Zionist Jews, and that passed a resolution denying Jewish people their historical rights to their ancestral homeland…We would rather have no representation at all.’”
March 13, 2025: “A longtime teacher at Oswego High School is suing the two unions that represented him, and their presidents, for wages taken from his paycheck, after he informed them he longer wanted to be a member.”
February 20, 2025: “Following President Trump’s executive order to combat anti-Semitism came reports that his administration has opened investigations at five U.S. universities—including at UC Berkeley…But investigators would be wise to also examine the role unions have played. My own lawsuit…should be enough to raise alarm bells.”
February 6, 2025: “‘I tried to reform the union from within but was greeted only by more hate and abuse. I hope my lawsuit shows the thousands of others represented by the union what it is saying and doing in their name and ends the harassment I’ve experienced.’”
January 27, 2025:“It was like a knife in the back of UC Berkeley’s Jewish community when, less than a week after the horror and death of October 7, the union issued a statement condemning Israel. Since that time, union officials have only twisted that knife by systematically discriminating against Jews…I hope my lawsuit ends the union’s culture of anti-Semitism and holds accountable those responsible for it.”
UC Berkeley Jewish Israeli researcher sues local UAW union over alleged antisemitic actions hate
Fox News
January 24, 2025: “Karin Yaniv filed suit on Friday against her local UAW chapter, alleging she and other Israeli Jews were excluded from full union participation based on their ethnicity. The suit alleges union members acted in a hostile, discriminatory and antisemitic manner, which her lawyers say is a violation of the Civil Rights Act and California law.”
SCOTUS urged to hear Jewish professors’ case against forced union representation law
The Center Square
December 31, 2024: “Professor Avraham Goldstein told The Center Square that he and his colleagues ‘are challenging the Taylor Law because it imposes on us the representation of a union that is actively and vocally anti-Israel, that supports harassing Zionist Jews, and that passed a resolution denying Jewish people their historical rights to their ancestral homeland…We would rather have no representation at all.’”