Some Catholic Teachers Need to Go

Thousands of letters to Burke back [whining] teachers

A group of Catholic elementary school teachers, who for years have been seeking the right to unionize, on Friday delivered thousands of letters supporting their cause to the office of Archbishop Raymond Burke.

Teachers also wrote letters, which were sent to Rome rather than to Burke, to protect their identity.

Protect their identity? As if copies of the letters will not be given to Archbishop Burke...And these people teach our children?

Mary Chubb, president of the local Association of Catholic Elementary Educators, acknowledges that [the suit, canonical recourse against Archbishop Burke] is a long shot. "We're well aware we're submitting it to the club, the boys' club."

"We're not going away," said Stephanie Funaiole, a union organizer. Burke "needs to understand that."

Missouri is a right to work state. Employees who cause problems are usually terminated.

I guess they want the right to strike and well as engage in collective bargaining...they can do this in the public school system. Can they not get a job there?

Perhaps more parents should homeschool so that these people would have to find employment elsewhere.

One wonders why they don't get a job in the public school system if they're so concerned with unionizing - it certainly does not sound like they have a deep commitment to Catholic Education.

I would not want troublemakers teaching my children. What a poor example is being set for them.

The bottom line is that Archbishop Burke has already responded to this request/demand/threat as did Cardinal Rigali. It well past time to swallow one's pride, and get with the program, or to get our of the way and go elsewhere.

Post Dispatch Article.