Continued high rates of unemployment have spurred many congregations, including Catholic parishes, to organize support for the emotional and material needs of workers. Chicago-based Interfaith Worker ...more
The rights of workers and especially the right to unions and collective bargaining have been in the news during the first part of 2011. In Wisconsin and other states, the rights of collective ba...more
This two-page resource provides a look at the intersection of labor, solidarity and social justice through the life and work of Walter Reuther. This Labor Day piece looks at Catholic social teac...more
Brian Corbin from the Diocese of Youngstown offers an analysis on Pope Benedict's treatment of labor in the newest encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate." This timely two-page resource is a great resource...more
Work is an essential part of life and is one medium through which human dignity should be realized and human flourishing achieved. However, "too many people today still lack decent wages, toil i...more
The movie Blood Diamond has helped to spark awareness about conflict diamonds: diamonds that are often harvested illegally and used to fund ongoing conflicts in places like Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Le...more
This fact sheet/bulletin insert uses information from from Let Justice Roll, the religious initiative for a living wage. It focuses on the idea that one way to reduce poverty for families is to pay pa...more
Since the implementation of the Sweatshop Initiative, the archdiocese
has met yearly with the clothing vendors in an effort to ensure that
the Catholic school uniforms and athletic gear are not made i...more
