Voices
Clayton Sinyai is a trade union activist and the author of Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement (Cornell, 2006). He is a member of the Catholic Labor Network, the American affiliate of the World Movement of Christian Workers. He can be reached at clayton@catholiclabor.org.
In All Things
In his social encyclical Caritas in Veritate Pope Benedict XVI observed The repeated calls issued within the Church s social doctrine beginning with Rerum Novarum 1891 for the promotion of workers associations that can defend their rights must therefore be honoured today even more than in th
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Many Catholics have been baffled a particular aspect of the contraception mandate proposed by the U S Department of Health and Human Services nbsp the definition of a religious employer The rule granted an exemption to an institution that ldquo 1 has the inculcation of religious values as its
In All Things
President Washington what are your thoughts on American political debate in the new millenium Let me now warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party This spirit unfortunately is inseparable from our nature having its root in the strongest passions of t
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nbsp American Catholics most studies suggest give significantly less to charity than our Protestant and for that matter Mormon nbsp counterparts If their 2010 tax returns are any guide it seems this nbsp holds true in the subset of Americans running for president as well nbsp Protestant Ba
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The state of Indiana has just enacted a government regulation on business that business seems to love ndash lsquo right to work rsquo nbsp A lsquo Right to Work rsquo law forbids a business and a labor organization from signing a contract that requires all employees to join the union as a co
In All Things
January 17 2002 marks the fiftieth anniversary of President John F Kennedy rsquo s executive order granting federal government employees the right to organize Sort of The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 or Wagner Act granted many categories of workers the right to organize and bargain colle
A labor strategist's tools include faith, Scripture and social teaching.
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nbsp In one of the more striking election results Tuesday Ohioans voted by a surprising 61-39 majority to reject SB5 legislation that would have virtually eliminated public employee union representation in their state nbsp It may be recalled that back in the spring ndash alongside Governor
In All Things
Tomorrow is election day here in Virginia As a political scientist I am fascinated by elections As an American I am proud of our democracy and its institutions ndash you can count on two hands the number of republics in human history that have endured more than 200 years But as a Catholic I
In All Things
It seems that whenever the Church speaks out on issues of social and economic import a host of voices unhappy with the message object that the Bishops are ignorant regarding the topic in question and unqualified to discuss it This seems to be the case whether the issue is abortion capital punish