Letters to the Editor

March 27, 2008

Union backer calls teachers’ request basic right to representation

As a 90-year-old practicing Catholic, I am appalled, embarrassed and saddened by the refusal of Bishop Joseph Martino to allow the diocesan teachers the right to choose their bargaining agent.

Like many people from Northeastern Pennsylvania, I come from a long line of union members.

My grandfather and my father belonged to the United Mine Workers; my husband was the president of Local 120 – The American Newspaper Guild; I belonged to the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union; and my daughters, who were educated in Catholic schools for 16 years, were members of the teachers’ union.

Each of us was allowed to pick the union that represented us.

The Catholic teachers should have that same basic right.

Evelyn Pesavento Kingston

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