Category: Labour
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Too many workplace accidents: Pope Leo
Addressing a gathering of the Professional Register of the Association of Labour Consultants, Pope Leo warned that there are still too many workplace accidents.
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Construction workers exploited
Stories of labour exploitation obtained by Domus 8.7, the Australian Catholic Anti-slavery Network’s modern slavery remediation service, feature in a new Property Council resource for the Australian construction sector.
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Webinar: Brother Smiddy – This worker life
Shaped by a childhood living with his adoptive dad in a railway guard’s van; formed as a YCW leader; active for decades in the printing industry, union organiser and Labor Party man, Brian Smiddy became a valiant friend of working men and women, and confidant of a Labor Premier.
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What happened to the US Church’s labor links?
While summertime may be over in the US, the spirit of this “Hot Labor Summer” continued into autumn, when the United Auto Workers declared a strike against America’s “Big Three” automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
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Accompany the marginalised: Pope to Spanish workers
In a message for the 14th General Assembly of the Spanish Christian Workers Movement (HOAC) in Segovia, Pope Francis urged Catholics to accompany people struggling on the margins of the economy.
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Video: Catholic social justice and the Labor Party 1900-1940
At our June ACI webinar, Emeritus Professor James Franklin spoke on “Catholic social justice and the Labor Party 1900-1940” at our next ACI webinar on Tuesday 13 June.
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Workers must be at home in the Church: Pope Francis
In an address to the Italian Christian Workers Movement on its 50th anniversary, Pope Francis emphasised the Church’s commitment to the world of labour and the need for workers to feel at home within the Church.
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Think about exploited workers
Pope Francis continues his catechesis on St Joseph the Carpenter