Labor Union Blog

By Doug Cunningham

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick says the U.S. Catholic Church has reached agreement with organized labor on principles to “Respect The Just Rights” of Catholic health care workers.

[McCarrick]: “It is up to the workers to decide through a fair process whether or not to be represented by a union.”

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

[Sweeney]: “The theme that runs through all of this is the emphasis on workers rights to organize as part of church teaching.”