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"…Dee Rowland of the Peace and Justice Commission of the Catholic Diocese in Salt Lake City is another recent endorser of the Militant Fighting Fund. Rowland, a long-time backer of the Co-Op miners’ union-organizing struggle, was instrumental in mobilizing support for the miners among Catholics here. She helped coordinate a visit by Bishop George Niederauer to the Co-Op miners’ picket line in May 2004.
Niederauer’s visit, which received extensive publicity in the local media, was a significant boost to the miners’ morale. The bishop told the miners he backed their struggle and would continue to campaign on their behalf. As a result of the bishop’s actions he was included in the initial list of defendants in the C.W. Mining suit. When C.W. Mining and the IAUWU amended their complaint in December 2004, the coal bosses dropped Catholic Church defendants in an attempt to divide supporters of the Co-Op miners and dampen backing for their struggle by the church. . . ."
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Niederauer’s visit, which received extensive publicity in the local media, was a significant boost to the miners’ morale. The bishop told the miners he backed their struggle and would continue to campaign on their behalf. As a result of the bishop’s actions he was included in the initial list of defendants in the C.W. Mining suit. When C.W. Mining and the IAUWU amended their complaint in December 2004, the coal bosses dropped Catholic Church defendants in an attempt to divide supporters of the Co-Op miners and dampen backing for their struggle by the church. . . ."
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Hat tip to CWN