This film guide overviews the recently released drama The Whistleblower. The film tells the story of Nebraska police officer Kathy Bolkovac who uncovered human trafficking while working for a private ...more
“The job crisis in the U.S. and globally is not only an economic crisis, it is a moral crisis,” argues Maria Riley in this three page reflection. Riley argues that the convergence of multiple cris...more
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
While we celebrate mothers on Mother's Day, women who are caregivers to young and old members of their families need recognition and support every day. This resource looks at the current caregiv...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
Job creation is a key agenda item for the current administration in 2010. This is a moral task as well as an economic necessity. From a theological perspective, authentic human flourishing...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
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
2006 was the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' document, Economic Justice for All, which was written in 1986. The Bishops then asked important questions about the economy and proclai...more
