Dignity and Just Treatment of Workers
Dignity and Just Treatment of Workers
This chapter examines some of the historical trends, events, individuals, and experiences that pushed Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to release Rerum Novarum, the first papal encyclical. It also summarizes the main themes of this encyclical, whose title is translated as “The Condition of Labor.” It further provides an overview of the second papal encyclical, Quadragesimo Anno (“After Forty Years,” also known as “The Reconstruction of the Social Order”), released in 1931 by Pope Pius XI. The chapter concludes with an exploration of how these teachings on labor were interpreted and put into practice by the Catholic Worker movement, led by Dorothy Day, and the United Farm Workers movement, led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
Keywords: Rerum Novarum, Quadragesimo Anno, labor, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius XI, Catholic Worker, Dorothy Day, United Farm Workers, César Chávez, Dolores Huerta
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