; Religious-Freedom Attack Precedes Unionization Push
The Washington Times › June 08, 2011
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When federal agents ruled for a second time this year that a Catholic college cannot claim First Amendment protection from federal labor laws, they brazenly ignored instructions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and set up a potential Supreme Court confrontation.
On May 26, the Chicago regional director for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) declared that St. Xavier University, a Catholic institution established by the Sisters of Mercy, was not sufficiently religious to be exempt from federal jurisdiction. The ruling came just four months after a similar ruling against the Christian Brothers' Manhattan College, which has appealed to the national board for a reversal.See the full content of this document
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; Religious-Freedom Attack Precedes Unionization Push
It's doubtful Manhattan can get a favorable ruling from the union- friendly NLRB, but if the college then appeals to the District's federal court, it is likely to prevail.
That's because the U.S. Court of Appeals for th...See the full content of this document
