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Article: Economic justice for all but church employees. (Cover Story)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 3, 1993
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As Labor Day rolls around each year in the United States, politicians, union leaders and church officials crank out a generous helping of empty, boilerplate rhetoric about the dignity of work and the contribution of workers to the well-being of the nation and the world.
No pro-worker words are more empty, however, than those of a faith community that fails to practice what it preaches about social justice and human rights.
"While the church is bound to give witness to justice," the 1971 World Synod of Bishops declared, "it recognizes that anyone who ventures to speak to people about justice must first be just in their eyes. Hence, we must undertake an ...