Catholic social teaching is clear on the best tool to promote a just wage: organized labor.
Alex Hogan
Alex Hogan has worked as a professional labor communicator for nearly 20 years, and currently serves as speechwriter for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He is also active with the Catholic Labor Network.
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Punitive time-off policies may result in the first national railroad strike in 30 years
A threatened strike by freight rail workers is not about wages but about the right to take time off for a doctor’s appointment or to care for a sick child. Catholic social teaching supports this right for all workers.
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An Amazon site has finally unionized. This Catholic principle explains why the workers won.
The principle of subsidiarity helps explain why labor organizers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island were able to build trust and win support from the rank-and-file.