Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers Archives

The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story

Film Discussion Guide

Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, environmentalist, and martyr. This film highlights Mendes’s work to end the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest and to organize...

Catholic Social Thought and Unions

Reflection

In this resource, Fr. Fred Kammer looks at the values of Church teaching that offer us a perspective on workers and unions.

Embracing Peter Maurin’s Vision of Justice and Equality

Prayer Service

The life of Peter Maurin, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, is prayerfully told through this prayer service.

Prayer for Unions

Prayer

This prayer recalls that Jesus was a laborer along side his father Joseph, and he knows the strain of all those who work and seek just labor practices.

Prayer for Miners

Prayer

We pray for miners, who collect resources for society that they never benefit from, that we might raise our voices with theirs to stand up for miners rights.

DREAM ON

Film Discussion Guide

In the film DREAM ON, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone could...

Bread and Roses Strike of 1912

Reflection

On January 11, 1912, textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, cried out “Give us bread, but give us roses, too!” This reflection summarizes the events that occurred in 1912, provides...

Prayer for Inclusion

Prayer

This prayer celebrates the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that seeks to end discrimination in the workplace, to provide equal employment and opportunities for people with...

Catholic Social Thought and Hunger

Bulletin Insert

This bulletin insert highlights the connection between Catholic Social Thought and issues related to hunger. The simple steps of learn, pray, and act can be followed individually or within a...