All Faiths Believe in Justice PDF Print E-mail
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scripture all say that workers have a right to organize.  The support shown by clergy and religious of all faiths and denominations for Resurrection employees in their organizing effort has been an affirmation of the common values we all share.

What leaders from various faiths have had to say about HEART and Resurrection:

"At the core of the Christian faith is an affirmation of human dignity.  This dignity demands recognition of the right of workers to organize.  Resurrection Health Care, as an organization rooted in the Christian proclamation of Jesus Christ, is violating one of its most vital tenets. Christ said: ‘the worker deserves his wages.' Resurrection Health Care should honor that by creating and maintaining an atmosphere in which workers can organize."
— The Rev. Dr. Scott Paeth, United Church of Christ

"Our shared belief, as expressed in the Hebrew Scriptures, is that it is our responsibility to work for social and economic justice.  The protection of workers' rights and the alleviation of suffering of the oppressed are crucial components of that prophetic tradition."
— Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz, Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation

What various faiths groups have to say about the rights of employees

"[The ELCA] commits itself to advocacy with corporations, businesses, congregations, and church-related institutions to protect he rights of workers, support he collective bargaining process, and protect the right to strike."
— Resolution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Church-wide Assembly, 1991

"We believe in the right of laboring men to organize for protection against unjust conditions and to secure a more adequate share of the fruits of their toil.  The right to organize implies the right to hold and wield power, which in turn implies responsibility for the manner in which this power is exercised."
— Resolution on the Church and Labor, Disciples of Christ, 1938

"Jewish leaders, along with our Catholic and Protestant counterparts have always supported the labor movement and the rights of employees to form unions for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining and attaining fairness in the workplace."
— Preamble to the Workplace Fairness Resolution adopted at the 104th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1993

"Free collective bargaining has proved its values in our free society whenever the parties engaged in collective bargaining have acted in good faith to reach equitable and moral solutions of problems dealing with wages and working conditions."
— Discipline of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1982
 
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