In their June 27th decision regarding
Janus vs AFSCME, the US Supreme Court stated that public sector employees cannot be forced to pay union dues when these unions support political positions with which they don't agree. It seems very simple; the average worker should not be subject to extortion by labor unions in exchange for their jobs. After all - the worker has his/her rights of association, speech, religion, etc, correct?
One would think that the Church would uphold that right - but a few days later, the
USCCB bewailed that ruling. "Why", you may ask. The USCCB revealed how they operate. They get a fair amount of $$$ from these unions. If the unions cannot extort it from unwilling workers, well, that means less $$$ for the USCCB. Let's not forget how much the USCCB is in the pockets of their sugar-daddy puppet-string holders.
Bishop Thomas Paprocki remains (so far) the only voice of sanity who reminds his money-grubbing brother bishops of what Rerun Novarum had to say of the legitimate role of labor unions. Too many of them support abortion, sodomy and a whole host of anti-God positions.
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| John Sweeney, Labor Boss |
One of my first forays into activism against the rot in the Church occurred in 2002, when some of us protested the Catholic Charities gala in the Dupont Circle area of Washington DC. Why? Because Cardinal McCarrick (heard about him a lot these days) was the co-chairman of the gala along with his buddy, John Sweeney, then head of AFL-CIO. At the time, AFL-CIO was pushing for labor agreements that would provide for contraceptives, and their web page linked directly to that of NOW. Moreover, we all know of the insidious
SEIU; enough has been written on this blog.
When the USCCB goes so far as to issue such releases, they only show what lemmings they are for progressive money bags. I cannot say they undermine their own credibility, for they long since forfeited the last shreds of credibility they once had.
