Labor Café: “How Much Is Too Much? Profits, Paychecks, and Power in Today’s Uncertain Economy”
Friday, Nov. 10; 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Geddes Hall, Coffee House
Facilitator: Trista Brantley (HIST & POLS ’25)
Resources to Get the Conversation Started:
- Kristin Toussaint, “Special Report: Understanding out-of-control CEO pay—and why it’s a problem,” Fast Company, Sep. 12, 2023.
- Rosalyn Pelles & William J. Barber II, “Corporate Greed is a Moral Crisis. Working People Are Fighting Back.,” In These Times, Aug. 7, 2023
- Alexandra Olson, “CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take the average worker 2 lifetimes to make their annual pay,” PBS NewsHour, May 31, 2023
- David Leonhardt, “The Autoworkers’ Victories,” The New York Times, Oct. 31, 2023
- Tyler Cowen, “Why CEOs Actually Deserve Their Gazillion-Dollar Salaries,” Time, Apr. 11, 2019
- Ajay K. Mehrotra, “Windfall profit taxes have benefits. But the devil is in the details.,” The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2022
The Labor Café convenes the Notre Dame community for casual yet critical conversation on contemporary questions about work, workers, and workplaces. What rights and protections should those who work for others have? What’s the proper role for government in the economy? How should we address enduring problems of inequality, poverty, and lack of opportunity? And what does Catholic Social Teaching (CST) have to say about these labor questions? Participants choose the concrete topics, all people are welcome, and all opinions are entertained.