Workers' rights Archives

Report highlights role of immigrants as essential workers in COVID fight

May 2, 2020

On the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, the Center for Migration Studies of New York released a new report highlighting the role of 19.8 million immigrant laborers who work in “essential critical infrastructure” in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Rhina Guidos

Labor gains are hard-fought, hard-won, say workers at Georgetown forum

Jan 25, 2020

The gains made by some of the Washington area’s lowest-paid workers require much effort but are necessary in one of the country’s least affordable regions, two worker activists said during a Jan. 22 forum at Georgetown University.

By Mark Pattison

Century-old ‘Bishops’ Program’ highlights Labor Day statement

Sep 1, 2019

The 1919 “Bishops’ Program for Social Reconstruction” was showcased in this year’s Labor Day statement to demonstrate how so many of the issues the bishops touched upon a century ago in the wake of World War I’s end still resonate in improving the conditions of workers today.

By Mark Pattison

New policies needed to protect workers, says EU bishops’ commission

Nov 8, 2018

Politicians must act to assist workers as technology continues to transform jobs across Europe, said a committee of the European Union bishops’ commission.

By Anne Condodina

Most fundamental human right is hope, pope says

Jun 15, 2018

The theory that well-being will automatically flow down to everyone from the riches of the few is “a lie,” Pope Francis said.

By Carol Glatz

If ruthlessness is price of reform, it’s likely not in the cards

Jan 7, 2018

One important factor insulating the Vatican from attempted reforms is the near-impossibility of firing people, but changing that might require a degree of ruthlessness alien to the system.

By John L. Allen Jr.