NLRB Denies St. Xavier University Exemption

"A labor board ruling has denied St. Xavier University’s religious exemption from federal organizing rules on the grounds that that the Catholic university is not sufficiently religious. Critics said the ruling, the second of its kind this year, may endanger the religious freedom of Catholic institutions.

"'It’s a clear violation of religious liberty for a federal agency to even be asking the question of whether an institution is sufficiently Catholic. That’s a question for the Church to answer, not the National Labor Relations Board,' said Patrick J. Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society."

Thus begins a Catholic News Agency article on the recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board's Chicago Regional Office that Saint Xavier University functions as a secular educational institution or university.

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CNA: Labor board denial of Catholic university's exemption could endanger religious freedom (9 JUN 11)

Background information:

Chronicle of Higher Education: Labor Board Rejects Religious Exemption for Saint Xavier U. and Says Adjuncts Can Unionize (1 JUN 11)

Saint Xavier University

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