Union leaders ‘out of touch’ on abortion

Protest led by the Canadian Auto Workers against anti-abortion campaign backfires in Windsor

Protesters organized by the Canadian Auto Workers Union show their
displeasure with the New Abortion Caravan. Special to The B.C. Catholic.

The B.C. Catholic has a story by Michael Swan of the Catholic Register about backlash to the pro-abortion position taken by the Canadian Auto Workers union:

When a union declares itself pro-choice and tries to shut down debate about the legal status of a fetus, its stand is neither progressive nor representative of its membership, said Toronto pro-life feminist Martha Crean.

The Canadian Auto Workers wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper June 7 objecting to any debate in Parliament over the legal definition of a human being, as proposed by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s Motion-312. The nation’s largest private sector union, representing over 200,000 workers, also organized counter protests to denounce a series of anti-abortion protests organized by the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform.

The CAW-led protests backfired in Windsor June 24 when more people showed up for a protest against the CAW position, and Local 444 president Dino Chiodo distanced himself from the official CAW protest by telling the media it had been organized above the heads of Windsor union officials.

Read the full story at The B.C. Catholic website.