Clayton Sinyai

As Wisconsin legislators debated a proposal to strip Wisconsin rsquo s state workers of their collective bargaining rights ndash a proposal that drew an intervention from the Wisconsin Catholic Conference reminding them that long-established Church teaching defends the right of workers to organiz

Today the US Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp added its voice to those supporting the union rights of Wisconsin s public employees Supporting the nbsp clear stand of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference nbsp a letter by Bishop Stephen Blaire in his capacity as Chairman of the Bishops Committee

Weighing in on the legislative debate in Wisconsin over the right of public employees to join unions and engage in collective bargaining Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee ndash speaking in his capacity as President of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference ndash nbsp issued a forthright defen

In the summer of 2009 after years of dialogue between the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Catholic hospitals typically operated by religious orders and labor unions that represent health care workers the three groups issued a joint document on ldquo Respecting the Just Rights of Workers rd

It looks like public employee wages are emerging as a major public policy issue nbsp A number of prominent conservatives have been making a loud case that government workers are spoiled and overpaid President Obama while not endorsing the characterization has agreed that the current economic c

The US National Labor Relations Board NLRB has called upon Borgess Medical Center of Kalamazoo Michigan to appear before a hearing to respond to accusations of union-busting activity The charges describe actions taken in the course of contract negotiations with the Michigan Nurses Association

For America rsquo s Catholic workers September 6 marks the second of two lsquo labor days rsquo of the calendar year Most of the world honors the laboring man and woman on May 1 a feast duly marked in our liturgical calendar as the Feast of St Joseph the Worker Later the first Monday in Septe

Phoenix AZ– ldquo The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few rdquo the Lord tells us in the Gospel last Sunday ldquo so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest Luke 10 2 rdquo It rsquo s an observation that takes on a curious double meaning in Arizona the