The New York Times: Catholic School Teachers Strike Over Health Care and Plan Another Walkout
Catholic social ideals and harsh financial truths are colliding at an inopportune time for the Archdiocese of New York.
A student at Our Lady Queen of Angels School, one of 10 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York affected by the strike.
Less than two weeks before the city’s first papal visit since 1995, the archdiocese is engaged in an acrimonious battle with teachers at its 277 schools, which, despite cutbacks and closings over the last few years, educate about 107,000 students.
On Friday, nearly 200 teachers at 10 Catholic schools went on strike for at least one day, saying that the archdiocese has hindered their efforts to obtain a new health insurance plan. And another Catholic teachers’ union has planned a strike, including picketing at papal events, to coincide with Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to New York April 18 to 20.
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