If a bishop or school system decides to bust the union, teachers have few tools at their disposal to resist.
Clayton Sinyai
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.
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When the church allows—or encourages—workers to unionize, Catholic business leaders take note.
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Probably not, but it may well prevent sick people in the global South from receiving treatment.
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California will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2022.
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Giving thanks for just wage progress
November has seen two modest but hopeful developments for those excluded from coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Does the Trans-Pacific Partnership pass the test of Catholic Social Teaching?
Proponents of free trade make an important point when they observe that reduced trade barriers have played an important role in lifting hundreds of millions in the third world out of poverty, but the “benefits” to American workers are far more dubious.
Who’s the boss? The national labor board tackles the “fissured workplace”
Federal agencies are racing to catch up with the structure of today’s labor market.
