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Catholic social teaching has long supported the existence of labor unions and the worker’s right to a just wage, rest breaks, humane working conditions and retirement and medical insurance. It also recognizes strikes as a legitimate means of resolving disputes.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Ben Gustafson has worked at the Jeep assembly plant here for nearly seven years, but he hasn’t had a raise in three years, nor does he know if he ever will be offered a full-time permanent position.
“All I can do to make more money is work more hours,” he said. At age 61, he puts in 60 to 70 hours a week as one of the plant’s 1,160 supplemental employees.
Gustafson is in the lower tier of a pay system that is among the top issues he and other striking United Auto Workers (UAW) want addressed in negotiations with Big Three automakers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (formerly Fiat/Chrysler), Gustafson’s employer. The strike began Sept. 15, with 12,700 UAW members at three auto plants, including Toledo Jeep, and since has expanded to include 25,000 workers at more than 40 locations in 20-plus states.
Catholic social teaching has long supported the existence of labor unions and the worker’s right to a just wage, rest breaks, humane working conditions and retirement and medical insurance. It also recognizes strikes as a legitimate means of resolving disputes, provided they are applied “in the proper conditions and within just limits.”
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TOLEDO, Ohio — Ben Gustafson has worked at the Jeep assembly plant here for nearly seven years, but he hasn’t had a raise in three years, nor does he know if he ever will be offered a full-time permanent position.
“All I can do to make more money is work more hours,” he said. At age 61, he puts in 60 to 70 hours a week as one of the plant’s 1,160 supplemental employees.
Gustafson is in the lower tier of a pay system that is among the top issues he and other striking United Auto Workers (UAW) want addressed in negotiations with Big Three automakers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (formerly Fiat/Chrysler), Gustafson’s employer. The strike began Sept. 15, with 12,700 UAW members at three auto plants, including Toledo Jeep, and since has expanded to include 25,000 workers at more than 40 locations in 20-plus states.
Catholic social teaching has long supported the existence of labor unions and the worker’s right to a just wage, rest breaks, humane working conditions and retirement and medical insurance. It also recognizes strikes as a legitimate means of resolving disputes, provided they are applied “in the proper conditions and within just limits.”
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Catholic Social Teaching and the United Auto Workers’ Picket Line
Catholic social teaching has long supported the existence of labor unions and the worker’s right to a just wage, rest breaks, humane working conditions and retirement and medical insurance. It also recognizes strikes as a legitimate means of resolving disputes.
