Labor Café

September’s topic: Labor Questions: What’s Happening at Work, in Labor Markets, and Labor Movements

In this kickoff session, we’ll hear what faculty members are researching, how our Student Labor Fellows spent their summer, and what folks would like to discuss in future sessions: unions? AI? wages? migration? laws? public policy? trustbusting? race & gender equality? Join us, bring your ideas and questions, and drag a friend. The coffee is hot, the treats are sweet, and the conversation is inviting.

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.