Attorney plans to testify before House panel that healthcare unions are making hostile work conditions for Jews, Israelis
Deena Margolies, staff litigation attorney at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, plans to testify before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday that some healthcare unions…
Assessment
A congressional hearing is set to examine whether healthcare unions have fostered antisemitic and anti-Zionist hostility toward Jewish and Israeli workers. The testimony of a civil rights attorney and a cardiology fellow suggests the problem may be systemic rather than isolated. The hearing's framing as 'Bad Medicine' signals that lawmakers are treating this as a workplace safety and labor rights issue, not merely a campus or cultural matter. Watch for whether the testimony produces specific policy recommendations or triggers union responses.