fromNational Catholic Reporter
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For more than a century, Catholic social doctrine has affirmed the dignity of workers and their right to organize. Pope Leo XIII taught clearly that workers must be free to form associations to defend their interests. This is even in the Catechism as a moral mandate grounded in human dignity. More recently, Pope Francis repeatedly affirmed that unions are essential defenders of justice in the workplace and a necessary counterbalance to concentrated institutional power.
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