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Article: U.S. bishops, journalists locked in union battle.(NATION)(Catholic News Service journalists negotiate )
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 27, 2006
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A long-simmering dispute between the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the journalists who staff the Catholic News Service went public last week as workers charged that the bishops' conference is seeking to limit union bargaining prerogatives.
At issue is the union's right to negotiate with the conference over potential changes to a defined-benefit pension plan. "The bishops want the unilateral right to change or terminate the pension plan," Paul Reilly, representative of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, told NCR.
Catholic News Service is a self-supporting agency of the bishops' conference. Its clients include approximately 170 Catholic ...