Looking for inspiration this Labor Day? Look no further than “Laborem Exercens,” an encyclical letter written by Pope St. John Paul II. The encyclical addresses various aspects of labor, human dignity, and social justice from a Catholic perspective. John Paul II emphasizes
The church doesn't have a mission; the mission has a church," said Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of the Diocese of Yakima, not quite pounding the table. Later, he told the group, "Our migrant ministry is the model for all of our ministries
As Americans are heating up the backyard barbecue for celebratory Labor Day cookouts Sept. 4, news headlines daily shout about the cooling down of the U.S. job market.
"Demand for Workers Cools," said The Wall Street Journal. "US labor market loses steam as
Set in the late 1940s, "On the Waterfront" is a fictionalized account of actual corruption in the longshoreman’s union that controlled labor on the loading docks of New York City, as described in the “New York Sun” by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter,
The pursuit of affordability and convenience in consumer choices has inadvertently given rise to a deeply troubling consequence: the proliferation of human trafficking. The allure of cheap labor and goods, driven in part by inflation and consumer demands, has fostered an environment
A reader writes: “I recently learned that work on Sundays is a sin and can be mortal. I work as a nurse at a Catholic nursing home working the night shift from 11 p.m.to 7 a.m. My schedule has me work every
Following extended negotiations, more than 1,000 food service workers in the nation's capital -- including those at The Catholic University of America in Washington -- have successfully ratified a new contract with Compass Group USA that gives them an immediate $3 hourly
The Screen Actors Guild approved “The Chosen” to resume filming, making the series one of the first in the country to receive an official strike exemption. The current “double walkout” began in May when the the Writers Guild of America began a
The 160,000 actors and 11,500 screenwriters involved in the strikes against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are concerned about two interrelated threats to their livelihood. Namely, the advent of Artificial Intelligence and its consequences for the right to residual
This morning, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of a former mailman who sued the U.S. Postal Service over being forced to work on Sundays. Consistent with its general approach in recent years, Kenneth Craycraft writes for Our