Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching
The 2013 death of 83-year-old Duquesne University adjunct Margaret Mary Vojtko helped open up a…
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What Does a Moral Economy Look Like for the 99 Percent?
In his first book, Seattle-based union organizer Jonathan Rosenblum recounts the personal stories of clergy, activists and airport workers who mounted the first successful campaign for a $15 minimum wage in the U.S.
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What Worker Justice Has To Do With Religion
Recently a religious book club told me they were taking a pass on reading my book, Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It, because it wasn’t theological enough. At first I shrugged it off…
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The Messiah is Not Coming
Not long ago I helped lead a graduate seminar in leadership in which I challenged the old idea of the heroic leader and messianic deliverer; an idea that has deep roots in all three Abrahamic faith traditions. Not one person in that seminar room—not even the white males who were present—had anything good thing to say about the old model. Everyone agreed that we can do better by listening to each other, trusting each other, and finding new paths together.
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Wage Theft in America: Why Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid
A leading worker justice organizer writes a book on how and why employers are stealing from the workforce, to the tune of billions every year.
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From ‘Management Gurus’ to ‘Corporate Chaplains’: A Review of Spirituality Inc.
A new study of contemporary workplace spirituality deconstructs the dehumanizing movements of the early 20th century and the personal development programs of the 60s though it fails to address any conflict between religion and capitalism.
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Could a Prophet Be Confirmed to the US Department of Labor?
Two of the Obama administration’s picks to staff the Department of Labor are coming up for confirmation this week. M. Patricia Smith and Lorelei Boylan face opposition by right-wing business forces, who don’t appreciate the kind of advocacy they represent.
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RDPulpit: EFCA Needed to Stop Employers from Bearing False Witness
In addition to the direct consequences for workers and their families, one study estimated that for every worker fired, 395 coworkers got the message: attempt to organize and you’ll get fired too.
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Restoring Dignity: The Employee Free Choice Act
The Employee Free Choice Act will go a long way toward expanding workplace democracy. Progressive religious leaders, whatever their disagreements might be, must come together to support the restoring of dignity to those who labor honestly.
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The Day After: A Call to Action for Worker Justice
People are lined up at soup kitchens in congregations across the country. Religious communities, the first line of support for struggling families, need to be be vocal in the call to improve conditions for the American worker.
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