Comments on: Labor Sunday: What Can We Do to Honor Workers? http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/ A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:40:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: natcoz http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-111171 natcoz Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:55:53 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-111171 I think few Americans understand the reasons why there are so many unemployed or why so many jobs pay poverty-level wages.<br><br>As for the first, unemployment, please consider what this very insightful article has to say:<br><a href="http://mises.org/story/3696" rel="nofollow">http://mises.org/story/3696</a><br><br>As for the second, poverty-level wages, it's important to learn the true cause of inflation...a topic on which we have all been lied to. And yet, the information is out there. I think few Americans understand the reasons why there are so many unemployed or why so many jobs pay poverty-level wages.

As for the first, unemployment, please consider what this very insightful article has to say:
http://mises.org/story/3696

As for the second, poverty-level wages, it's important to learn the true cause of inflation…a topic on which we have all been lied to. And yet, the information is out there.

]]> By: natcoz http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92202 natcoz Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:55:53 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92202 I think few Americans understand the reasons why there are so many unemployed or why so many jobs pay poverty-level wages.<br><br>As for the first, unemployment, please consider what this very insightful article has to say:<br><a href="http://mises.org/story/3696" rel="nofollow">http://mises.org/story/3696</a><br><br>As for the second, poverty-level wages, it's important to learn the true cause of inflation...a topic on which we have all been lied to. And yet, the information is out there. I think few Americans understand the reasons why there are so many unemployed or why so many jobs pay poverty-level wages.

As for the first, unemployment, please consider what this very insightful article has to say:
http://mises.org/story/3696

As for the second, poverty-level wages, it's important to learn the true cause of inflation…a topic on which we have all been lied to. And yet, the information is out there.

]]> By: Laborare est orare « Dating Jesus http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92197 Laborare est orare « Dating Jesus Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:04:37 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92197 [...] to honor laborers this Labor Day? Cathleen Falsani has some ideas, at God’s [...] [...] to honor laborers this Labor Day? Cathleen Falsani has some ideas, at God’s [...]

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]]> By: jonabark http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92189 jonabark Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:32:13 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92189 Yes to Cathleen and yes to DH Fabian. <br><br>The open corruption of Healthcare industries "contributing" 2.88 million to Senate Finance committee chair Max Baucus shows how completely our "representatives" are owned by corporate interests. Likewise we have watched 3 decades of manufacturing jobs shipped abroad while usury,drugs, real-estate inflation, oil and weaponry became the center of our economy. <br><br>All through this time we have heard the story from the "conservatives" that as a result of these free market forces we have the most vibrant economy and highest standard of living on earth. When the rug was pulled in 2008 it turns out we have the bi-partisan privilege of supporting millionaire gamblers with our labors; plus we get to wave American flags made in China while we hand trillions of dollars of debt over to our children. <br><br>The trouble is that the Democrats are as beholden to the corporations as the Republicans. Obama and the Democrats continue all the essential elements of Bush policy. <br><br>The debate has degraded to a pointless blather of accusation between corporatist, libertarian, militarist, prolife, Limbaugh-style blowhards and corporatist Clintonian, god bless Goldman Sachs, hypocrite millionaires for meaningless change.<br><br>This site continues to reveal the inability of people in these 2 camps to deal with the realities of our own time. Sojo is not taking the high ground of independent prophetic truth-telling but continues to pin itself to the Clintonian faction. Repent for heaven's sake, for the children's sake, for the planet's sake, for the sake of your integrity.<br><br>Stop playing the game and start speaking truth to power. Yes to Cathleen and yes to DH Fabian.

The open corruption of Healthcare industries “contributing” 2.88 million to Senate Finance committee chair Max Baucus shows how completely our “representatives” are owned by corporate interests. Likewise we have watched 3 decades of manufacturing jobs shipped abroad while usury,drugs, real-estate inflation, oil and weaponry became the center of our economy.

All through this time we have heard the story from the “conservatives” that as a result of these free market forces we have the most vibrant economy and highest standard of living on earth. When the rug was pulled in 2008 it turns out we have the bi-partisan privilege of supporting millionaire gamblers with our labors; plus we get to wave American flags made in China while we hand trillions of dollars of debt over to our children.

The trouble is that the Democrats are as beholden to the corporations as the Republicans. Obama and the Democrats continue all the essential elements of Bush policy.

The debate has degraded to a pointless blather of accusation between corporatist, libertarian, militarist, prolife, Limbaugh-style blowhards and corporatist Clintonian, god bless Goldman Sachs, hypocrite millionaires for meaningless change.

This site continues to reveal the inability of people in these 2 camps to deal with the realities of our own time. Sojo is not taking the high ground of independent prophetic truth-telling but continues to pin itself to the Clintonian faction. Repent for heaven's sake, for the children's sake, for the planet's sake, for the sake of your integrity.

Stop playing the game and start speaking truth to power.

]]> By: mrslundgren http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92185 mrslundgren Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:08:30 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92185 Actually, the United Church of Christ does still issue a Labor Sunday sermon (reflection). You can find it at:<br><br><a href="http://www.ucc.org/justice/worker-justice/reflection-2009.html" rel="nofollow">www.ucc.org/justice/worker-justice/reflection-2...</a><br><br>The churches I grew up did not call the Sunday before Labor Day *Labor Sunday*, nevertheless, it was a day to emphasize Christ-like behavior in the workplace, to seek God's direction for vocation, and to remember that we are always laborers for Christ. The hymns often included To Worship, Work and Witness, Onward Christian Soldiers, Soldiers of Christ Arise, etc. I miss those days. I was disappointed to find so few churches on the web observing Labor Sunday. In these stressful econonmic times, people need to be reminded that God is in control of their jobs and their finances and they are to put their trust in Him. Actually, the United Church of Christ does still issue a Labor Sunday sermon (reflection). You can find it at:

http://www.ucc.org/justice/worker-justice/reflection-2...

The churches I grew up did not call the Sunday before Labor Day *Labor Sunday*, nevertheless, it was a day to emphasize Christ-like behavior in the workplace, to seek God's direction for vocation, and to remember that we are always laborers for Christ. The hymns often included To Worship, Work and Witness, Onward Christian Soldiers, Soldiers of Christ Arise, etc. I miss those days. I was disappointed to find so few churches on the web observing Labor Sunday. In these stressful econonmic times, people need to be reminded that God is in control of their jobs and their finances and they are to put their trust in Him.

]]> By: DHFabian http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92180 DHFabian Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:49:07 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92180 We need to join the more modern nations in creating a legitimate social safety net. We tried some 30+ years of corporate welfare on the theory that this would result in a massive creation of good-paying, family-supporting jobs. It didn't. Instead, it was used to move our jobs to foreign countries, building factories and providing the sort of education and skills train ing that most Americans can't afford. Between outsourcing, exporting jobs, and welfare "reform," we have far more people in need of jobs than there are jobs. This ended competition to fill jobs, and took all power out of the hands of American workers. In a nutshell, we're entirely at the mercy of Big Business. This has resulted in employer-provided insurance (once the norm) becoming scarcer by the day, in repressed wages that are falling well behind the rate of inflation, in the loss of unions and the subsequent loss of fundamental workers' rights and protections. So, we have to reverse course if we intend to restore the prosperity we once had. Stop paying corporations to export our jobs, and actually (shock!) make them accept certain responsibilities if they want to do business in the US at all. Require that they follow rules and obey our laws. In addition, we need a legitimate (non-punitive) welfare system that gives the public the ability to shun employers who refuse to pay a fair wage and ensure safe working conditions (the on-the-job death rate among US workers is increasingly alarming). Reverse course on all that money that was drained out of welfare by our welfare "reform"/workfare, then funneled into corporate "tax relief" (i.e., the public pays their taxes so they don't have to!) and a host of other financial goodies that benefited a handful of people at the expense of the country, and re-invest that money in the people. We need to join the more modern nations in creating a legitimate social safety net. We tried some 30+ years of corporate welfare on the theory that this would result in a massive creation of good-paying, family-supporting jobs. It didn't. Instead, it was used to move our jobs to foreign countries, building factories and providing the sort of education and skills train ing that most Americans can't afford. Between outsourcing, exporting jobs, and welfare “reform,” we have far more people in need of jobs than there are jobs. This ended competition to fill jobs, and took all power out of the hands of American workers. In a nutshell, we're entirely at the mercy of Big Business. This has resulted in employer-provided insurance (once the norm) becoming scarcer by the day, in repressed wages that are falling well behind the rate of inflation, in the loss of unions and the subsequent loss of fundamental workers' rights and protections. So, we have to reverse course if we intend to restore the prosperity we once had. Stop paying corporations to export our jobs, and actually (shock!) make them accept certain responsibilities if they want to do business in the US at all. Require that they follow rules and obey our laws. In addition, we need a legitimate (non-punitive) welfare system that gives the public the ability to shun employers who refuse to pay a fair wage and ensure safe working conditions (the on-the-job death rate among US workers is increasingly alarming). Reverse course on all that money that was drained out of welfare by our welfare “reform”/workfare, then funneled into corporate “tax relief” (i.e., the public pays their taxes so they don't have to!) and a host of other financial goodies that benefited a handful of people at the expense of the country, and re-invest that money in the people.

]]> By: cmpnwtr http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92177 cmpnwtr Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:48:39 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92177 Actually the Benedictine phrase is "Ora et labora" The Benedictine way is about sacralizing all of life, and that work is not outside of the prayerful offering of self to God. The witness here is about holding our work, the relationships of work, the purpose of work, and the fruits of work, sacred. Bringing an attitude of respect towards all workers, and asking that all workers receive and adequate and just compensation is our calling. It is also our calling to be true to our calling, to fulfill our own life's purpose through the work we do. Thanks for the reflection. Actually the Benedictine phrase is “Ora et labora” The Benedictine way is about sacralizing all of life, and that work is not outside of the prayerful offering of self to God. The witness here is about holding our work, the relationships of work, the purpose of work, and the fruits of work, sacred. Bringing an attitude of respect towards all workers, and asking that all workers receive and adequate and just compensation is our calling. It is also our calling to be true to our calling, to fulfill our own life's purpose through the work we do. Thanks for the reflection.

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]]> By: Sin_Boldly http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/04/labor-sunday-what-can-we-do-to-honor-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-92147 Sin_Boldly Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:11:24 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11435#comment-92147 Thank you Cathleen for calling attention to the fact that we are all, in our own way, fellow laborers in life. We should especially remember the least among us, for while their labor may sometimes seem meaningless and insignificant to those more privileged with with great tasks and responsibilities, without the efforts of the teeming masses, civilization would collapse and cease to exist. Christ was a day laborer and spoke to and on behalf of his fellow laboring citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. Thank you Cathleen for calling attention to the fact that we are all, in our own way, fellow laborers in life. We should especially remember the least among us, for while their labor may sometimes seem meaningless and insignificant to those more privileged with with great tasks and responsibilities, without the efforts of the teeming masses, civilization would collapse and cease to exist. Christ was a day laborer and spoke to and on behalf of his fellow laboring citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven.

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