The Catholic Church's social doctrine has long recognized that all people have the right to economic initiative, productive work, just wages and benefits, decent working conditions, and to engage in collective bargaining. Bishop Leonard Blaire, chair of the
U. S. bishops' domestic policy committee, reiterated those rights earlier this month.
This doctrine doesn't seem to apply to Seattle's Catholic school teachers, however. The Seattle Archdiocese is keeping its teachers from securing benefits equal to their public school counterparts. ...