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.
Getting a (Decent) Job in Today’s Economy
Fri., Jan. 23, 5:00p-6:00p, Geddes Hall Coffeehouse
There’s a lot of chatter in the public sphere on the current challenges facing young people, college grads, and the unemployed more generally in finding paid work in the American economy. Join me as we discuss some recent news and opinion pieces and hear from those currently undergoing the job search process.
To access non-required reading to get the conversation started, check out our Zotero group library.
Affordability Agendas: Competing Paths Forward for the American Economy
Fri., Feb. 13, 5:00p-6:00p, McNeill Gallery, Geddes Hall
Everyone is talking about “the affordability crisis,” from politicians, pundits, and policy advocates to anti-poverty groups, labor activists, workers, and consumers. Let’s dig in to the facts and the arguments animating the debates on the best paths forward for the American economy.
To access non-required reading to get the conversation started, check out our Zotero group library.
Fri., Mar. 20, 5:00p-6:00p, McNeill Gallery, Geddes Hall
Fri., Apr. 24, 5:00p-6:00p, McNeill Gallery, Geddes Hall