Labor movements Archives

USCCB brief backing unions the talk of Catholic Labor Network meeting

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Feb 5, 2018

The fact that the U.S. bishops wrote an amicus brief in January supporting labor unions in their battle to avoid a “right-to-work” environment in the public sector was the talk at the Feb. 3 annual meeting of the Catholic Labor Network.

Pope Francis says work’s not just an occupation, but a mission

Catholic News Agency, Vatican
Nov 25, 2017

In a letter for the conclusion of a conference on labor on Friday, Pope Francis said work is about more than just doing something for money, but about cooperating with Christ’s work of redemption in how we care for others and the earth.

Pope complains of ‘scandalous sums’ to save banks but not people

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Nov 5, 2016

“What’s happening in today’s world that, when a bank goes bankrupt, immediately scandalous sums appear to save it, but when there’s a ‘bankruptcy of humanity,’ there isn’t one-one thousandth of the same amount to save these brothers who suffer so much?” Pope Francis asked on Saturday.

Bishops say lack of good jobs is hurting American families

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 25, 2016

In an annual statement for Labor Day, the head of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development says a lack of jobs that pay enough to keep a family above the poverty line is driving a progressive breakdown in family health and stability.

Unions at Catholic workplaces called ‘magisterium in word and deed’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 21, 2016

For unions the fertile ground lately is adjunct professors at Catholic colleges. When unions and Catholic institutions collaborate, one expert calls it a ‘true magisterium in word and deed.’

Albany bishop backs farm workers on overtime, unions

Associated Press, Church
Jun 2, 2016

ALBANY, N.Y. — Farmworkers joined by Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger and other supporters rallied Wednesday outside New York’s Capitol for legislation to guarantee them overtime pay while removing the state’s ban on joining a union. Some had marched for more than two weeks from Long Island to Albany, saying they need the