Archive: Worker Rights

• Shared Values: A Report on AFL-CIO and Catholic Conference Activity in the State Legislatures

  The labor movement in the United States shares many values with the Catholic Church, with each supporting living wages for workers, the right to join and form unions, and the defense of our immigrant

  Categories: Just Employment Policy, Publications, Reports Tags: AFL-CIO, Alexandros Taliadoros, Catholic Church, Catholic conferences, Catholic Labor Network, Catholic social teaching, Clayton Sinyai, CLN, Immigration, Labor, labor federations, Lillian Ryan, Lobbying, Worker Rights

• Rerum Novarum: Worker Justice in the Church and on Campus

  This year marks the 125th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum (new window), Pope Leo XIII’s pivotal 19th century encyclical that laid the foundation for Catholic teaching on labor and the dignity of work. More than a century later, these principles remain profoundly relevant to our society and our campus community on the Hilltop.

  Categories: Events, Just Employment Policy Tags: Catholic Chaplaincy, Catholic social teaching, Catholic Student Fellowship, Center for Social Justice, Events, Georgetown Solidarity Committee, Georgetown University, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Living Wage, Population Health Initiative, Rerum Novarum, Right to Organize, Social Justice, Worker Rights

• CHATLANI: Striking a Balance Between Profit, Workers, and the Environment

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS ’17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are honored to host her blog posts on our website, including this in de

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: Coal, Economics, Energy, Environmental Justice, Industry Dive, Peabody Energy, Shalina Chatlani, Worker Rights