Why Unions? DC Area Workers Speak, Catholics Respond
Why Unions? Area Workers Speak Out
Workers and the Church in the Washington DC Area
- Clayton Sinyai, Catholic Labor Network
- Tenae Stover, LSG Sky Chefs Cook at National Airport and UNITE HERE Local 23 Bargaining Committee Member
- Jesus Salazar, EMI Custodial Services and SEIU Local 32BJ Contract Action Team
- John Carr, Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life
Recently, Washington DC custodians represented by the union SEIU 32BJ won major improvements in their wages and working conditions when they settled a new contract for servicing DC-area commercial office buildings. Meanwhile, airline food service workers across the country, including at Washington National Airport, have joined the union UNITE HERE and are fighting for a living wage and affordable health care. Join us Wednesday January 22, 5pm, at Georgetown University to hear from the workers themselves about their work and their unions. Afterward, commentary from Clayton Sinyai of the Catholic Labor Network and John Carr of the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life will reflect on how the workers’ testimony reflects Catholic Social Teaching on work and the economy.