WCAT Radio The Open Door (October 13, 2017)

Justice in the Workplace. We believe in affirming the dignity of both work and the worker. Workplaces should advance full and fair participation in the economy. We seek to maintain a level playing field between ownership, labor, management, and consumers.We, therefore, support:
The right of workers to form associations in pursuit of their collective economic interests.
Legal protection for occupational safety and compensation, equal access to employment, good faith in hiring and retention, and paid leave for illness and family care.
Extra resources and attention towards the needs of disabled workers, including a redoubling of efforts to break down all barriers that prevent disabled persons from achieving their full potential contributions to society and the economy.
Rigorous enforcement of workplace discrimination laws.
More aggressive steps to eliminate discrimination against older workers.
Exploration of alternative employee benefit arrangements, especially to address challenges to fairness in the workplace arising from the emerging digitized, “gig” economy, and to level the competitive playing field among employers, including universal, portable benefits that better protect all workers.
Expanded jobs programs, education, and training to provide dislocated and other marginalized workers a foothold in the economy.
Blocking union-busting laws that interfere with the relationship between employers and labor organizations.

Let's begin, first, with Scripture---and a special focus on the gifts of the young and the old.
Peter Preaches to the Crowd (Acts 19: 14-21)
14 But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words. 15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day: 16 But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel:
17 And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And upon my servants indeed, and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my spirit, and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Second, let's look at what St. John Paul II said about capitalism and what it might mean, together with the need to begin where we are.

And, third, let's return to the Solidarity Party platform. This time, let's explore the plank...