The church and the workingman

the long version

The authors present the social doctrine of the Church on the workingman and his rights. In the first part, Father Cronin examines the basic rights of man with respect to employment. His discussion includes such topics as the minimum wage, the Church and unions, worker-management relations and the questions of unemployment and social legislation. In the second part, Harry Flannery outlines the history of the Church and the workingman since the time of the Industrial Revolution. While emphasizing twentieth-century Church-worker relations in the United States, he also covers the developments in England, France and Germany.