In 1934, as a Senate committee debated a measure to protect the right of workers to form unions, the U.S. Catholic bishops weighed in on the debate. John Burke, CSP, speaking on behalf of the bishops’ Administrative Committee, addressed a letter to the senators: The worker’s right to form labor unions and to bargain collectively is as much his right as the right to particip (...)
Short Take
More Perfect Unions
THE NEED FOR NEW LABOR LAWS
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