Labor Café

Labor Curious?

Visit the Labor Café — where ND talks work!

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.

Gen Z & Jobs

Fri., Sept. 4, 5:00p-6:00p, Geddes Hall Coffeehouse

To access non-required reading to get the conversation started, check out our Zotero group library.

Strikes, Lockouts, and the Law: Labor Conflict in Our Backyards

Fri., Oct. 30, 5:00p-6:00p, Geddes Hall Coffeehouse

Professor Emiliano Aguilar leads us in a discussion lockouts, strikes, and the law, with a focus on two conflicts brewing in our area: the months-long BP lockout of unionized refinery workers in Whiting, Indiana, and the more recent (and possibly expanding) hotel strike by unionized workers in Chicago. What is a lockout? What is a strike? Why do they happen? How should they be resolved? Come find out — and add your voice to the mix of ideas. To access non-required reading to get the conversation started, check out our Zotero reading list.