Posted on 07/01/2009 9:04:46 AM PDT by Lorianne
For more than a decade, Catholic health care workers have been the targeted for unionization by some of the country’s most powerful, radically anti- life union bosses, efforts that have included slick television advertising campaigns that demonize Catholic hospitals as a public health risk.
For the unions, unionization of Catholic health care workers would be the goose that never stopped laying golden eggs until it died a horrible death from exhaustion. With 600,000 health care workers in 600 Catholic hospitals, the annual money flow into union coffers could easily reach $ 500 million per year, an awfully large amount of money to push the radical, left- wing agenda the union bosses have embraced over the past few decades, an agenda which has put abortion and homosexual rights at the top, the elimination of conscience clauses for health care workers, and the cutting out of employees in any discussions between union bosses and corporate management.
In Chicago, for example, Resurrection Health Care, which employs 15,000 people at its eight hospitals, is today subject to a vicious TV propaganda campaign by the AFSCME ( American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) bosses, asserting it is guilty of thousands of health care violations, broken laws, had poor quality doctors, overcharged patients, etc. ( See the web site ResQuality. com for examples of the commercials airing.) " It is one of the most shocking, irresponsible things we’ve ever seen," Resurrection spokesman Brian Crawford told the Chi- Town Daily News’ Alex Parker. " We think it’s outrageous and we don’t see what it has to do with the union organizing."
(Excerpt) Read more at pewsitter.com ...
Money. Dinero. Moolah, etc...
Because "Peace and Justice" trumps just about everything for too many in the Church.
I am appalled. Words fail me.
Words fail me too.
Contact your bishop!
Why shouldn't they? The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been selling out Catholics -- period -- for years.
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