A tribute to Trumka, a Catholic whose work we must carry on

A tribute to Trumka, a Catholic whose work we must carry on 

The question on capitalism is not liberty or autonomy, but autonomy for who. CEOs with autonomy at the expense of their employees is called authoritarianism. Bishops taking a stance against the latter would have been inconvenient. The genius of Trumka was the ability to seek solidarity beyond differences, even when such differences are profound. 

This effort ignored the issues presented by the NEA's relationship with the bishops (who are wrong on all counts in both fighting unionization and blaming support for constitutional reality for doing so). Sadly, this challenge remains, largely because of the partisanship of the bishops.