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 […]
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 […]
This week, Labor Leaders from Chicago, plus a few others from around the country, will journey to Rome as Pilgrims. 2025 is a Jubilee Year and the theme chosen by Pope Francis was “Pilgrims of Hope.” At a time when working people in the United States are under attack like never before from their own […]
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 […]
On Labor Day, we launched A Labor of Love—our first-ever appeal to revive the Church’s labor ministry. If you’ve already contributed, thank you: your generosity is already at work. If you haven’t yet joined us, let me share why your support is so urgent. We recently told the story of Alex, a worker who was […]
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 […]
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. […]