HB 26 Topic of Interactive TV Program
Watch the video from last night's edition of WYOU interactive by clicking this link.
Last evening, WYOU Interactive TV featured a discussion of House Bill 26. HB 26 will amend the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act to include coverage for the employees of religiously-affiliated schools. Catholic school lay teachers and other Church employees are the only group of workers who are currently not covered by federal or state labor laws. This situation is inately unfair and un-American. The passage of HB 26 will repair this unjust loophole in the existing laws.
Last week, following SDACT's rally to mark the introduction of HB 26, the Diocese released a statement saying that if the Bill was passed it would be "the end of Catholic education in Scranton." This kind of rthetoric is straight out of the union-busters playbook, and the results of an on-line poll conducted by WYOU provides evidence to show that few people bought into this Diocesan diatribe.
The poll asked the question: "Would allowing teachers to unionize in the Diocese of Scranton 'mean the end of catholic schools' in NEPA?" Here are the results of the poll:
Yes (19.5%)
No (75%)
I don't know (5.6%)
Last evening, WYOU Interactive TV featured a discussion of House Bill 26. HB 26 will amend the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act to include coverage for the employees of religiously-affiliated schools. Catholic school lay teachers and other Church employees are the only group of workers who are currently not covered by federal or state labor laws. This situation is inately unfair and un-American. The passage of HB 26 will repair this unjust loophole in the existing laws.
Last week, following SDACT's rally to mark the introduction of HB 26, the Diocese released a statement saying that if the Bill was passed it would be "the end of Catholic education in Scranton." This kind of rthetoric is straight out of the union-busters playbook, and the results of an on-line poll conducted by WYOU provides evidence to show that few people bought into this Diocesan diatribe.
The poll asked the question: "Would allowing teachers to unionize in the Diocese of Scranton 'mean the end of catholic schools' in NEPA?" Here are the results of the poll:
Yes (19.5%)
No (75%)
I don't know (5.6%)
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