Clayton Sinyai

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

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

Last week by a vote of 238 to 186 the US House voted to strip the National Labor Relations Board of one of its powers ndash the power to stop companies from transferring work to punish workers who organize a union or strike their employer nbsp HR 2587 known to sponsors as the lsquo Protecti

The USCCB Labor Day statement as usual makes for excellent reading and reflection on this holiday ndash even in the absence of the keen analysis of Monsignor Higgins Rightly the primary focus of ldquo Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy rdquo is on the workers whose lives ha

45 000 Verizon employees have now returned to work following a two-week strike but it seems the dispute is just beginning The two sides agreed to resume negotiations but there are few signs of goodwill between them Verizon is the principal phone service provider in the Northeastern United States

Benedict XVI nbsp devoted much of his encyclical Caritas in Veritate to issues of globalization including the observation that ldquo the global context in which work takes place also demands that national labour unions which tend to limit themselves to defending the interests of their registered

In a tentative settlement with the multiple labor unions representing GE workers General Electric has nbsp closed its pension to new hires The news comes just after the United Mineworkers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association just reached a settlement with the same condition According to

House Speaker John Boehner rsquo s much-anticipated CUA Commencement address was the scene of yet another protest against the impact of House-inspired budget cuts on the poor According to the Washington Post about 30 graduate students engaged in a silent protest at the ceremony ndash wearing sig

April 28 is commemorated worldwide as Workers Memorial Day ndash a day to remember all those who have died of occupational injuries while working to provide the goods and services we enjoy As in past years leaders of American labor unions marked the occasion with a ceremony in remembrance of tho

The other day food service workers at the nation rsquo s oldest Catholic University announced that after a lengthy campaign their union UNITEHERE had been recognized by their employer The whole story has been retold elsewhere ndash but for those familiar with union organizing the relative civi