The Fairness Center

10/06/2026

"The outcome of the lawsuit by two public-employee-union members who demanded financial transparency was predictable. The union members won their case, having asked for nothing more than a court order that the unions follow the law."

So writes a Connecticut newspaper about our clients Ryan Bilodeau (pictured) and Earl Ormond. They won their lawsuit and enforced transparency law so public employees can see how union officials are spending their money.

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09/16/2026

Denver firefighters Chris Ferguson and Devin Hallock believe that "For firefighters, trust matters more than almost anything."

They write for the Denver Post:

"As the president and secretary-treasurer of Denver Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 858, we lead the local union representing more than 1,000 city firefighters and EMS personnel. About two years ago, with the support of our members, Local 858’s executive board ended our local union’s payments to the state union, Colorado Professional Fire Fighters (CPFF), along with its affiliation with that union.

But state union officials have refused to acknowledge that we are no longer affiliated with them. And this spring, the state union raised the stakes by sending Denver firefighters a massive bill for roughly $400,000 in dues we don’t believe we owe.

That’s why. . . we took the state union to court. We want to affirm Local 858’s separation from the state union and establish that we don’t have to pay a union we don’t belong to."

Read more from the Fairness Center's clients below.

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09/08/2026

“It looks to me like an obvious conflict of interest when the union president benefits from backroom deals to fund his own campaign with members’ money,” Fairness Center client Ann Marie Pocklembo said.

A lawsuit alleges the union's president used tens of millions in mandatory dues for his gubernatorial bid, despite membership cards promising political contributions were optional.

08/21/2026

Our clients tell their story in the Denver Post 👇

Denver Fire Fighters union questions the Colorado Professional Fire Fighters union’s "credit card charges, expensive dinners and other spending that did not look like it had anything to do with serving Denver firefighters," Local 858 firefighters say.

08/17/2026

The state union sent Denver firefighters a bill for nearly $400K. Our clients are going to court to establish they aren't part of that union and don't owe the money it is demanding.

08/13/2026

Denver Fire Fighters Local 858 is fighting for its right to cut ties with Colorado's statewide firefighters' union. The Fairness Center is honored to represent local firefighters in their lawsuit.

Read what Local 858's president Chris Ferguson (in red below) and secretary-treasurer Devin Hallock have to say below.

Denver Firefighters' Union Declares Independence from Statewide Union Denver Fire Fighters Local 858 v. Colorado Professional Fire Fighters & IAFF Case Summary Denver Fire Fighters Local 858 cut ties with Colorado’s statewide firefighters’ union because local members believe paying dues to the s...

08/07/2026

One of the most shocking cases of union abuses our clients have suffered--told by our president in the Wall Street Journal 👇

“Former New York City tow-truck driver Ed Seabron knew he had ruffled some feathers when, in 2021, he resigned from New York City’s largest municipal union and spoke to colleagues about alternate union representation. But he was floored when he saw an online picture of himself, an African-American, shaking hands with someone dressed in the purple robes and blood drop cross insignia of a Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard.
. . Though it was an obvious fake, Mr. Seabron believed the message was all too real: challenge union orthodoxy and get branded a race traitor. In an accompanying video, Mr. Robbins explained his post, saying, “Gloves off. You wanna play dirty, we’re gonna play dirty. . .”

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07/23/2026

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07/22/2026

"But whether at the state or federal level, a right that depends on union officials voluntarily respecting it, or on government officials deciding it is worth their time to enforce, is not much of a right at all."

That's a warning from Fairness Center president Nathan McGrath, writing in The Hill. He continues, "Union-represented employees should know that it may be up to them to assert their rights and enforce the law when no one else will."

Read more below.

06/25/2026

Denver teacher Priscilla Rahn explains why our New Jersey client is suing her teachers' union and the man who could be the next National Education Association president.

Before members of the National Education Association (NEA) gather in Denver next month to choose a new president of the largest teachers’ union in America, they should hear Ann Marie Pocklembo’s…