Entries by Catholic Labor Network

CLN Submission for National Pastoral on the Laity

The USCCB Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth coordinated a consultation for a new national pastoral document on the laity. The Catholic Labor Network hosted three synodal listening sessions in October, 2025. This is a summary of what CLN submitted to the USCCB. Across all consultations, participants discerned a common movement of the […]

Petition: Stand with LMU Faculty for Faith and Justice

Faithful Catholics and allies stand with the non-tenure track faculty at Loyola Marymount University. On September 12, 2025, LMU’s Board of Trustees announced that it would no longer recognize the faculty union representing its non-tenure track professors—invoking a “religious exemption” to end collective bargaining. This decision directly contradicts Catholic Social Doctrine, which affirms that the […]

CLN deplores LMU Administration’s Union-Busting, Supports Workers’ Strike

The Catholic Labor Network was deeply disappointed to learn that the Loyola Marymount University announced it was ending bargaining with the union chosen by its non-tenure track faculty. Catholic Social Teaching is clear: all workers, including and especially those employed by Catholic institutions, have the right to organize unions for collective bargaining. The University should […]

Will You Stand Up Against Wage Theft?

Alex is a concrete worker in Nashville. Five years ago, Alex and his crew poured long days into laying concrete at a local public school and a university campus. But when the job was done, they did not receive the pay they were owed. Invoices went unanswered. Phone calls were ignored. As a small business […]

Homily for Labor Day Mass – Bishop Evelio Menjivar

Genesis 2:4b-9; Matthew 25:14-30 Monday, September 1, 2025 Brothers and sisters, First, I would like to thank the Catholic Labor Network and Fr. Sinclair Oubre for organizing this Mass, in which we come together to pray for and honor the dignity of work, the sacred vocation of labor, and the many sacrifices of every worker. […]