Just Work? Social Justice and Employment

  • February 3, 2016
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 CST
  • Schreiber Center, Wintrust Hall, 908
  • Peter Norlander , pnorlander@luc.edu
  • No cost
  • Public & all students, faculty, staff, and alumni
    Open to the public.
  • http://tinyurl.com/LUCjustwork
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    Join a lively discussion of the labor movement, social justice, and the proposal for a Just Employment Policy. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/LUCjustwork.

    Rising income inequality and stagnating economic prospects for the middle class are a primary concern addressed in author Thomas H. Geoghegan's proposal to revitalize the labor movement in his latest book. What proposals can increase justice in the workplace? What does Catholic social teaching say about contemporary employment issues? And what does social justice have to do with proposals for a Just Employment Policy at Loyola? Come hear what these experts have to say.

    Speakers include:
    -- Thomas H. Geoghegan, practicing labor lawyer and author of six books, including 'Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why Our Country Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement'
    -- James Murphy, SJ, PhD, associate professor of philosophy, Loyola
    -- Kathleen Maas Weigert, PhD, Carolyn Farrell, BVM, Professor of Women and Leadership, Loyola
    -- Representatives from Students for Worker Justice and the adjunct professor unionization campaign
    -- Moderator from the Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations at Loyola University Chicago