Economic Justice

Welcome to the Economic Justice group. You will find resources, events and more as they relate to the topic of justice and fair economic practices for all.

Martin Luther King Jr. Speaking About The Labor Movement

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 10 Jan 2012

Web link: AFT website ; Resource type: Web site

From the AFT website, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from the 1960's:

"The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, government relief for the destitute and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life. The captains of industry did not lead this transformation; they resisted it until they were overcome. When in the thirties the wave of union organization crested over the nation, it carried to secure shores not only itself but the whole society."
—Speech to the state convention of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Oct. 7, 1965 [ read more ]

Bishop Sisk: We Must Not Serve Capitalism – We Must Make It Serve Us

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 19 Dec 2011

Web link: Bishop Sisk Commentary on ENS; Resource type: Web site

"We must -- and I believe that this is what lies at the core of the OWS protests -- rein in the imbalances that have caused our economic house to careen off course as though it is a self-perpetuating, self-governing good. The solution that we find will not be perfect, just as human beings are not perfect; but to surrender to forces as though we are helpless before them is not an answer, but an excuse." --Bishop Sisk.

The Rt. Rev. Mark Sisk, bishop of the Diocese of New York, published a commentary on the diocesan website and on the Episcopal News Service commentary page with his reflections on the Occupy Wall Street movement and economic justice. Bishop Sisk's commentary can be found here. [ read more ]

Act Now to Stand Up for Families and Kids in Michigan

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 18 Feb 2011

Web link: Michigan League for Human Services; Resource type: Web site

On Oct. 1, two new state policies impacting economically vulnerable families and children in our state took effect. The strict enforcement of time limits on cash assistance and the new asset testing for food assistance will hurt struggling families and people across our state. [ read more ]

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