Labor Research Links
Thank you for visiting the Higgins Labor Research Center. For your further research needs, here are some links to university-based labor research centers:
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/
The Labor Relations and Research Center,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
http://www.umass.edu/lrrc/
Center for Labor Research and Education, UCLA, http://www.labor.ucla.edu/
Labor Education and Research Center,
The Evergreen State College
http://www.evergreen.edu/laborcenter/home.htm
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/
Labor Education & Research Center, University of Oregon, http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~lerc/
Center for Labor Education and Research,
University of Hawaii, West O'ahu
http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu/~clear/
Labor Resource Center, University of Massachusetts, Boston, http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/lrc/
Center for Labor Education and Research, University of Alabama, http://www.uab.edu/clear/
Labor Archives and Research Center,
San Francisco State University
http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/larc.html
Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, http://www.fiu.edu/~clrs/
Charles T. Schmidt, Jr. Labor Research Center,
University of Rhode Island
http://www.uri.edu/research/lrc/
Catholic Social Teaching Links
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) notes seven themes of CST at the link – www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/socialteaching/excerpt.htm
USCCB statement on 10 points of “A Catholic Framework for Economic Life” may be found at - http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/framework/quotes.htm
Commentary on the significance of “A Catholic Framework for Economic Life” - http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/article.php?id=451
USCCB on “Minimum Wage” (February 2006) - http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/minwage206.htm
USCCB Labor Day statements:
2005 (“Labor Day 2005: Work, Pope John Paul II, and Catholic Teaching”) - http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/2005final.pdf
2004 (“Labor Day 2004: Global Trade that Works for All”) - http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/ld04.htm
2002 (“Monsignor George G. Higgins: Faithful Priest and Voice for Workers”) - http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/lbrfinal.htm
Todd Whitmore is the director of the Program in Catholic Social Tradition at the University of Notre Dame – www.nd.edu/~cstprog/insidepage.htm
The Office for Social Justice St. Paul and Minneapolis lists all major Church documents (encyclicals and statements) regarding CST - http://www.osjspm.org/social_teaching_documents.aspx
The Social Agenda website is a publication of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and provides a collection of Magisterial Texts - http://www.thesocialagenda.org/