Shame in Michigan | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Again, I am not surprised that the Michigan Catholic Conference stayed quiet or the Michigan Republicans overplayed their hand, as both are listening to their donors. As I said previously, most bishops are no friends of public sector unions, which would also like the opportunity to unionize Catholic school teachers. The fun begins when the rights of two corporatist institutions diverge. I agree that the GOP and the bishops got it wrong, but it does not surprise me. As for the quote from B16, it could have been lifted from Das Kapital, which says essentially the same thing about the corrosive nature of global labor markets.
On the issue itself, the controversy does not come from self-management, as the article implies, but on what the state is willing to do to add the force of law to these organizations. Will the government favor the doctors (who called contraception essential) or employers? Will it favor dissenting workers (or Republicans who want a less powerful opponent) or the worker organizations (who favor Democrats)? It is hard to separate the two issues and it is not merely about independent institutions.
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