How Priests Are Helping Workers Unionize | Sojourners

How Priests Are Helping Workers Unionize

A priest’s collar. Image via Godong/Alamy.

Last September, the Catholic Labor Network, a nonprofit dedicated to workers’ rights, trained six priests to perform “card checks” for workers looking to unionize. Since then, the priests have performed card checks for six local union efforts through UNITE HERE, a labor union that represents over 300,000 U.S. and Canadian workers in the hotel, food service, transportation, and other industries.

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