Daniel_Cheung
04-09-2008, 02:40 AM
NYC area Catholic teachers time protests to pope's visit
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/04/nyc-area-catholic-teachers-time-protests-to-popes-visit
By ULA ILNYTZKY
The Associated Press
April 07, 2008
Less than two weeks before Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the city, the Archdiocese of New York faces potential embarrassment over a bitter battle for new contracts with lay faculty at its 216 Roman Catholic schools.
The archdiocese is embroiled in disputes over wages, health care and pensions with two lay teachers' unions _ the Federation of Catholic Teachers representing 3,000 teachers at 206 schools and the Lay Faculty Association with 450 teachers at 10 schools. Together they serve about 100,000 students in the New York area.
To call attention to the problem, the LFA has threatened to go on strike during the pope's visit to New York City on April 18-20. LFA spokesman Henry Kielkucki said teachers might set up an informational picket line in front of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, which the pope is scheduled to visit...
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/04/nyc-area-catholic-teachers-time-protests-to-popes-visit
By ULA ILNYTZKY
The Associated Press
April 07, 2008
Less than two weeks before Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the city, the Archdiocese of New York faces potential embarrassment over a bitter battle for new contracts with lay faculty at its 216 Roman Catholic schools.
The archdiocese is embroiled in disputes over wages, health care and pensions with two lay teachers' unions _ the Federation of Catholic Teachers representing 3,000 teachers at 206 schools and the Lay Faculty Association with 450 teachers at 10 schools. Together they serve about 100,000 students in the New York area.
To call attention to the problem, the LFA has threatened to go on strike during the pope's visit to New York City on April 18-20. LFA spokesman Henry Kielkucki said teachers might set up an informational picket line in front of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, which the pope is scheduled to visit...