UC-Berkeley Researcher Files Lawsuit Against Her Union, Alleging They Created Bias Against Jews
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UC-Berkeley Researcher Files Lawsuit Against Her Union, Alleging They Created Bias Against Jews

UC-Berkeley Researcher Files Lawsuit Against Her Union, Alleging They Created Bias Against Jews

“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”

This kind of thing is happening at schools all over the country.

Jewish News of Northern California reports:

Israeli postdoc at UC Berkeley files lawsuit against her union alleging bias

An Israeli postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley filed a lawsuit last week against her union, alleging that its leaders have created a pervasive atmosphere of bias and hostility against Israeli and American Jews.

In a 105-page complaint filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco, plaintiff Karin Yaniv paints a picture of a union engaged in pro-Palestinian activism that has intensified since Oct. 7, 2023, and become openly hostile toward pro-Israel union members.

The defendant in the lawsuit, UAW Local 4811, represents 48,000 student employees, postdocs and researchers in the UC system, according to its website. It is part of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), one of the largest unions in the country, with more than 400,000 members across a variety of industries.

Yaniv, a microbiologist, came to Berkeley in 2022 to study how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.

Her lawsuit describes how she and other Israeli and American Jewish union members were taken aback by a statement that the union’s executive board released one week after the attack on Oct. 7, 2023. “We mourn the tragic loss of both Palestinian and Israeli lives this week,” the union statement read, “and we unequivocally condemn the decades-long violent occupation of Palestine that has led to this escalation of horrific violence.”

In a press release announcing the lawsuit, Yaniv described the emotional pain caused by the union’s statement.

“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,” Yaniv said in the press release. “Since that time, union officials have only twisted that knife by systematically discriminating against Jews, supporting the anti-Semitic BDS movement, and creating a hostile work environment for Israeli Jews on campus.” BDS refers to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.

UAW 4811 said in a statement emailed Monday to J. that it does not tolerate discrimination.

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Straight out Alinsky: use their toolbox against them. Lawfare against lawfarers.