Labor Curious? Visit the Labor Café, where ND talks work!
The Labor Café convenes the Notre Dame community for casual 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 have to say about these labor questions? Participants choose the concrete topics, all people are welcome, and all opinions are entertained.
The Labor Café Persists Virtually in the Spring 2021 Semester! Join us via Zoom monthly on select Fridays at 5 pm.
Next up:
Friday, May 7, 2021, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Topic: The Paid Leave Priority
Facilitator: Jade Moss (Finance and Gender Studies '21)
Non-required reading to get the conversation started:
- Jade Moss, "Reimagining a Nondiscriminatory Just Wage," The Labor Question Today [Higgins Labor Program blog], Apr. 19, 2021
- Kelly Anne Smith, "Is Paid Parental Leave Finally Coming to the U.S.?" Forbes, Apr. 19, 2021
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Lee Savio Beers, "Now Is the Moment We've Been Waiting for: It's Time to Pass Paid Family and Medical Leave," The Hill, Apr. 27, 2021
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Edward-Isaac Dovere, "The First Congressman to Take Parental Leave Is Ready to Fight for It," The Atlantic, Apr. 27, 2021
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German Lopez, "Biden’s federal paid leave plan, explained in 600 words," Vox, Apr. 23, 2021
