How Unions Are Quietly Fueling Campus Antisemitism
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Opinion

How Unions Are Quietly Fueling Campus Antisemitism

I joined my union to fight anti-Israel sentiments. That’s when the trouble started.

Karin Yaniv

At last week’s House hearing on rising antisemitism in higher education, lawmakers confronted UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons about me, an Israeli Jewish scientist suing my own labor union, the United Auto Workers, for antisemitic discrimination.

I was encouraged when Lyons said that he personally opposes the anti-Israel “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) movement that the UAW supports. But taking on a powerful labor union — one that represents 48,000 workers across the University of California system — will require more than just words.

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