CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - Chicago is considered to be expensive because the cost of doing business in the area, which often includes higher wages won by labor unions.
But Archbishop Blase Cupich is singing unions' praises, and they gave him a series of standing ovations on Thursday.
As FOX 32’s Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, the debate over ‘Right to Work’ has Chicago at the tipping point.
Cupich to Chicago union workers: 'I am with you'
Chicago at the Tipping Point
Cupich to Chicago union workers: 'I am with you'
Chicago is considered to be expensive because the cost of doing business in the area, which often includes higher wages won by labor unions.
Gov. Bruce Rauner says one way to reduce the cost of government, and the cost to taxpayers, is to reduce the power of government worker unions. Democrats oppose that.
There's now little doubt where the archbishop stands.
“I have come today to tell Chicago workers, the Catholic Church is with you. Pope Francis is with you. I am with you,” Cupich said.
Unionists at Plumbers Hall jumped to their feet when Archbishop Cupich challenged Gov. Rauner's Turnaround Agenda. The governor insists a balanced budget must include measures to save taxpayers money by weakening the bargaining power of labor unions, often called "Right to Work."
“So-called Right-to-Work laws - the Church is duty bound to challenge such efforts by raising questions based on longstanding principles. We have to ask, "Do these measures undermine the capacity of unions to organize, to represent workers and to negotiate contracts?"
While the answer is yes, that's precisely the point of Right-to-Work. Supporters argue it ultimately helps the poorest of the poor, the unemployed, by stimulating new business investment and creating more jobs.
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