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Practical lesson in rights

Sat., March 5, 2011

Don’t worry about Wisconsin’s schoolchildren. They are being taught to stand up to bullies.

They are learning that workers’ right to collective bargaining is a fundamental right.

Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that everyone should have the right join a trade union. They are learning a moral lesson from the support of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which reminds us that “these are not just political conflicts or economic choices; they are moral choices with enormous human dimensions.”

Frank Malone

Spokane

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