Clayton Sinyai

The Hostess collapse has attracted an extraordinary quantity of news coverage Free-market apologists have blamed the union for the bankruptcy because workers struck the company rather than accept a second massive round of concessions following on 110 million in givebacks in 2009 Unions in turn

This week marks the 90th anniversary of the March on Rome In late October of 1922 Benito Mussolini rsquo s Blackshirts mobilized across Italy to march on the capital and demand power By the time they arrived on October 29 the Italian government had caved to Fascist demands in order to avoid a vi

One of the most interesting stories of the year in labor relations at Catholic institutions has been the movement of adjunct faculty to organize in unions Last month Pittsburgh rsquo s Duquesne University adjunct faculty voted 50 to 9 in favor of forming a union affiliated with the United Steelwork

The latest BLS unemployment figures indicate that nearly 10 of post-9 11 veterans 25 and over are unemployed compared to 7 6 of civilians in that age group In researching an America story on this phenomenon The Next Battle one thing that struck me was the extent to which employment prospects f

The Labor Day Statement of the USCCB has appeared and offers important thoughts for Christians navigating the challenges of the Great Recession Writing in his capacity as Chair of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton reminds us that over

In what has become a continuing unhappy subplot of the dispute over the contraceptive mandate a third Catholic university has now asked the National Labor Relations Board for an exemption from the Wagner Act on the grounds of its religious identity Adjunct faculty at Pittsburgh rsquo s Duquesne Un

For well over a century May 1st has been celebrated around worldwide as labor rsquo s holiday In 1955 Pius XII established May 1st as the Feast of St Joseph the Worker ldquo The Gospel specifies the kind of work Joseph did in order to support his family he was a carpenter rdquo explained John