Family feud gets ugly in Scranton; CST the big loser?

Nothing like a little interfamilial throwdown to burn off some of the bad ju-ju that can build up over the years. A doozey appears to be brewing in Scranton, PA where Bishop Joseph Martino is engaged in an apparent effort to bumrush a company union past his diocesan Catholic school teachers.

Though the matter is already closed, at least according to Martino, his teachers beg to differ. As do some of Scranton high school students who engaged in a student protest/walk out in support of the teachers. Their reward for engaging in this timely exercise in civic responsibility and free expression? Detention, natch. Oh, and their diocesan elders apparently have some written assignment in mind for them during their 2.5 hour punishment. I suggest they have the kids visit our Busy Christians Guide to Catholic Social Teaching and then write an essay explaining why their "strike" in support of the teachers stands more firmly within that tradition than Martino's efforts to squash collective bargaining.