WHO WE ARE
The Fairness Center is a nonprofit, public interest law firm that provides free legal services to those hurt by public-sector union officials. Above all, we advocate for our clients’ goals both in the court of law and the court of public opinion.
Our attorneys have the experience and knowledge to engage in complex civil litigation in federal and state courts. They can handle matters ranging from administrative charges and hearings.
WHO WE SERVE
Our clients are public employees defending their constitutional rights, facing union retaliation, fighting unfair representation, or demanding accountability for corruption by union officials.
We have represented teachers, firefighters, municipal employees, liquor store employees, public university professors, corrections officers, traffic agents, and dozens of others who have been hurt by public-sector union officials. We offer our free legal services in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, and Colorado as well as to federal government employees wherever they work or reside.
Impact
Court of Law
We have served over 150 clients whose litigation has impacted themselves in addition to thousands of others. Here are a few examples of our clients’ accomplishments:
Won a judgment applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision to Pennsylvania law, after years of litigation
Forced Pennsylvania’s largest public-sector unions to change their contracts, which covered over 50,000 public employees. Consequently, they had to abandon limitations on when union members can leave the union
Ended “ghost teaching”—letting teachers leave the classroom to work for the union while taxpayers still foot the bill for their salary and benefits—in school districts across Pennsylvania
Uncovered stolen union dues and demanded answers for why a Pennsylvania corrections officers’ union didn’t follow its own financial policies while tens of thousands of dollars were embezzled
Defended a Connecticut firefighters’ union’s right to separate from a state union, subsequently exposing what a court called “questionable” financial practices
Court of Public Opinion
Our clients’ cases have been featured more than 1,000 times not only in local media outlets, but also in national and statewide news. Here are headlines from some of our clients’ media wins:
