Representing Those Hurt by
Public-Sector Union Officials

Representing Those Hurt by Public-Sector Union Officials

“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

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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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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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Latest News

Court win gives Pa. employee right to challenge AFSCME over unfair representation

News Release

NYC profs see Supreme Court as ‘only hope’ in fight with ‘antisemitic’ teachers union

Fox News

February 21, 2024: “The Commonwealth Court has sided with state employee Penny Gustafson, allowing her complaint against AFSCME, Council 13 for intentionally mishandling her workplace grievance to proceed. The court’s decision, issued Tuesday, reinstates Gustafson’s complaint and remands the matter back to the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas where litigation will continue.”

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.'”

CT. teacher sues after being disciplined for criticizing ‘identity, privilege’ training

Fox News

Allentown Musician Petitions SCOTUS to Protect
His Right not to Pay Union Dues

Press Release

January 5, 2024: “They launched a witch hunt against me and ran a kangaroo court to convict me for exercising my free speech rights. They threatened my career to silence me, but with this lawsuit, I’m leveling the playing field and forcing school officials to answer for trampling my rights.”

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.”

Philly Firefighters File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Union Over Pension Deception

Press Release

Hartford Teacher, a non-union member, wins labor decision against teachers union

CT Insider

October 31, 2023:Due to Local 22 officials’ deception, at least 100 city firefighters and their families have potentially lost thousands of dollars of annual pension benefits for decades to come, the plaintiffs believe. The lawsuit seeks to recover lost pension benefits for the plaintiffs and others similarly situated and to hold accountable the officials responsible for this scheme.”

September 8, 2023: “The state Board of Labor relations ruled in August that the union illegally withheld services from Grande and that union officials’ discrimination against Grande ‘necessarily coerces employees in the exercise of a protected right’ — the right to join or not join the union…”

 

 

“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

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Court win gives Pa. employee right to challenge AFSCME over unfair representation

News Release

February 21, 2024: “The Commonwealth Court has sided with state employee Penny Gustafson, allowing her complaint against AFSCME, Council 13 for intentionally mishandling her workplace grievance to proceed. The court’s decision, issued Tuesday, reinstates Gustafson’s complaint and remands the matter back to the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas where litigation will continue.”

NYC profs see Supreme Court as ‘only hope’ in fight with ‘antisemitic’ teachers union

Fox News

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.'”

CT. teacher sues after being disciplined for criticizing ‘identity, privilege’ training

Fox News

January 5, 2024: “They launched a witch hunt against me and ran a kangaroo court to convict me for exercising my free speech rights. They threatened my career to silence me, but with this lawsuit, I’m leveling the playing field and forcing school officials to answer for trampling my rights.”

Allentown Musician Petitions SCOTUS to Protect
His Right not to Pay Union Dues

Press Release

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.”

Philly Firefighters File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Union Over Pension Deception

Press Release

October 31, 2023:Due to Local 22 officials’ deception, at least 100 city firefighters and their families have potentially lost thousands of dollars of annual pension benefits for decades to come, the plaintiffs believe. The lawsuit seeks to recover lost pension benefits for the plaintiffs and others similarly situated and to hold accountable the officials responsible for this scheme.”

Hartford Teacher, a non-union member, wins labor decision against teachers union

CT Insider

September 8, 2023: “The state Board of Labor relations ruled in August that the union illegally withheld services from Grande and that union officials’ discrimination against Grande ‘necessarily coerces employees in the exercise of a protected right’ — the right to join or not join the union…”

“I had nowhere else to turn. The union was supposed to protect me, but instead, they were coming after me. The Fairness Center had my back. They protected my rights when my union representatives wouldn’t.”
– Ray Michielini

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