Labor Café

Where ND talks work!

Topic: “The Gig Economy: The Future of Work?”

Facilitator: Billy Bonnist (POLS ’26, with minors in Business & Economic History and the Hesburgh Minor in Public Service)

Join us, bring your ideas and questions, and drag a friend. Some non-required reading to get the conversation started are available as a publicly accessible Zotero group library.

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 tradition have to say about these labor questions? Participants choose the concrete topics, all people are welcome, and all opinions are entertained.

The coffee is hot, the treats are sweet, and the conversation is inviting.