wages Archives

Labor Day Story: Workers’ Dignity and Prophetic Voices

Posted September 2nd, 2019

s some of us take our rest on this day we call Labor Day, may we ponder the meaning of what it means to labor.

Minute for Mission: Self-Development of People

Posted March 22nd, 2017

Baltimore based United Workers Association (UWA) is a human rights organization led by low-wage workers fighting to secure human rights for all—including freedom from poverty. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has an area of great economic wealth and prosperity due to tourism, but it is surrounded by severe poverty throughout the inner city. The businesses in and around the Harbor employ workers whose wages have been systematically kept low and their working conditions, poor.

Business is growing for Somali refugee women’s project supported by SDOP

Posted November 14th, 2016

Business is looking good for a group of Somali refugee women seeking to support their families in Columbus, Ohio. The group is part of the Capital Park Women’s Empowerment Project, working to give low income women an opportunity to forge their own path and market their business.