The Bishops don't give a damn about birth control - here's the real fight -

[hedgehog]

In a move union officials immediately branded as unethical, Duquesne University on Friday filed a motion with the National Labor Relations Board challenging its jurisdiction over the university and its labor affairs, saying Duquesne is a religious institution and therefore exempt from NLRB oversight.

In the motion, Duquesne seeks to withdraw from its May agreement to allow the United Steelworkers to oversee an election by part-time faculty who want to organize under the USW.

Duquesne officials said in a news release that the school maintains it qualifies for a religious exemption from the jurisdiction of the NLRB, which faces other such challenges.

"Our Catholic identity is at the core of who we are and everything we do as an institution," said Bridget Fare, university spokeswoman. "Our mission statement proclaims that Duquesne serves God by serving students. Those words are lived out every day on our campus in very real ways in every part of the university." Fare declined to elaborate when reached by phone.

http://triblive.com/home/2007862-74/duquesne-nlrb-catholic-university-religious-jurisdiction-labor-members-statement-agreement

Catholic teachings declare that employees have the right to unions and collective bargaining. It's something that Catholic parochial schools, hospitals, colleges etc. honor in the breech. My Dad recalls the bishop of Cleveland sending seminarians out to dig graves to break the gravediggers strike. Last Spring, the bishop of Syracuse fired all 10 gravediggers in order to break their union.

The Bishops are hiding behind a cry of religious freedom to sin against Catholic teachings!

[rurallib]

1. gee, the catholic church is a RW business in disguise.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. As a catholic I pray that the church and all the churchs lose their exemption. I

stopped giving to any church many years ago. I am so disgusted with them.