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by bcadmin | Sep 4, 2022 | Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Labor movements, News, Unions | 0 |
The number of Catholic institutions where at least some of its employees have union representation has grown to more than 600, according to the annual “Gaudium et Spes Labor Report” issued Aug. 24 by the Catholic Labor Network.
Read MoreLabor advocates were urged to follow the legacy of Msgr. George Higgins, the foremost “labor priest” of the 20th century, during a May 2 forum celebrating the Chicago priest’s efforts on behalf of workers.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 7, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, labor, News, Obituary, Unions | 0 |
Richard Trumka, 72, president of the AFL-CIO since 2009 and the labor federation’s secretary-treasurer for 14 years before that, died Aug. 5 of a heart attack.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 24, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, labor movement, News, Unions | 0 |
Workers whose jobs put them in direct contact with the public related both the pride and fear of doing their work amid the coronavirus pandemic during a July 22 forum sponsored by the Catholic Labor Network.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 29, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, Court cases, labor movement, News, Unions | 0 |
A Jan. 28 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington reversed a 2017 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board ordering a Pittsburgh Catholic university to bargain with its adjunct faculty group.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 25, 2020 | Catholic News Service, Catholic social teaching, Church in the US, Georgetown University, John Carr, Minimum wage, News, Unions, Washington D.C., Workers' rights | 0 |
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.
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