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.
Fall 2025 Dates
The Labor Café meets at 5:00 pm in the Geddes Hall Coffee House. The theme of conversation is chosen closer to the meeting date in order to keep the discussion based on “hot” topics.
Friday, September 12—Labor Questions: What’s Happening at Work, in Labor Markets, and Labor Movements
In this kickoff session, we heard 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?
Friday, October 31
Friday, November 14
Friday, December 5