St. John’s University in New York No Longer Recognizes Faculty Labor Unions
St. John’s University’s recent decision to cease recognizing faculty labor unions after 56 years stirred a conversation on Catholic social teaching.
Results from Tag: 'labor unions'
Catholic Social Teaching and the United Auto Workers’ Picket Line
Catholic social teaching has long supported the existence of labor unions and the worker’s right to a just wage, rest breaks, humane working conditions and retirement and medical insurance. It also recognizes strikes as a legitimate means of resolving disputes.
St. Joseph and the ‘Gig’ Economy
A bill called the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act was passed by the U.S. House earlier this month.
Justice Anthony Kennedy: The Supreme Court’s ‘Swing Vote’ Retires
COMMENTARY: In his last dozen years on the court, there was no more powerful public official in America. He alone decided, in case after case, what U.S. law would be on the most contested of public questions.
Should Catholics Back Public-Sector Unions?
The U.S. Conference of Catholics Bishops files a brief endorsing public-sector unions in a right-to-work case before the U.S. Supreme Court, prompting pushback from the plaintiff and others.
