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Christmas 2021

Blessed are you who have believed! (Lk 1,45)

The beatitude that the evangelist Luke puts on the lips of Elizabeth to congratulate Mary is, surely, a beatitude that we can feel addressed to us, Christians of the 21st century.

Blessed are we who, after so many years, believe that the Father gives us his Son, and that his Holy Spirit remains with us, opening for us paths of hope, justice and solidarity in order to continue to maintain our faith that our world is God's world, in spite of our resistance to accept his offer as a gesture of love.

Blessed are we who go through these times of pandemic with a hopeful attitude, without allowing ourselves to be overcome by the pessimism caused by our hospitals overcrowded with patients because of COVID-19.

Blessed are we, the workers of the European continent who, despite so many contradictions, believe that justice will break through to give birth to a Europe open to the dignity of the sons and daughters of God.

Blessed are we, activists of the movements that make up the ECWM, who work together in different projects, campaigns and actions to collaborate with other Christians and people of good will to make our old Europe live up to its best wishes for justice, equity, equality, freedom, respect, welcome and fraternity.

Blessed are we if we fight to ensure that no violence against women, no abuse of children, no abuse of the smallest and weakest, is ever imposed or justified.

Blessed are we if we fight so that everyone can have a job, and a decent job, fairly paid, and which allows all workers to combine their work with their family and leisure life.

Blessed are we if we work together with our fellow citizens to protect our respective countries from all the pollution and harmful emissions that harm our planet, and demand that our governments take the lead in proposing policies to protect the environment.

Blessed are we if we open our hearts to receive Jesus, the Son of God. Blessed are we if Christmas is for us a saving event. Happy if we believe that the birth of Jesus, Messiah and Christ, changes us and impels us to work with Him to make our world the new heaven and the new earth that He dreamed of.

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

The link between ill health and poverty has been known for more than 40 years. COVID-19 has exposed and amplified the inequalities of Health outcomes.  People in more deprived areas spend more of their shorter lives in ill health than those in less deprived areas.

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to their National Conference and AGM

on Saturday 27th November 2021

 

Book now to hear why these inequalities persist and what action for change is needed from our expert guest speaker Steve Gilvin Former Chief Executive for Newham GP federation.

To book click Read more:

People Living in extreme poverty around the World propose to build forward and not a return to the past or “build back better” !*.    

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Starting today and throughout the week up down the country many women and men of good will are taking action to raise awareness about the extent of poverty at home and abroad.  Culminating on the 17 October with the UN International Day or the Eradication of Poverty.   The B45 MCW group in Birmingham are some of these people, taking a number of local initiatives to mark this important date.

COVID-19 has resulted in over 3.7 million deaths globally, reversing decades of progress in the  fight  against poverty and extreme poverty.  The World Bank estimates  “Projected poverty impacts of COVID-19, ”between 71 to 100 million people pushed into poverty as a result of the crisis, the majority of the new extreme poor being found in South Asian and Sub-Saharan countries  

 Today, we see that the world of work is becoming progressively worse , the denial of rights at work, the deterioration of democracy, the violation of human rights, and social justice, the rejection of pluralism, the elimination of secularism, the promotion of political hatred and fundamentalism.

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently adopted the concept of the effectiveness of “social protection for everyone” as strategic objective, focussing on income security with an emphasis on the poorest. This requires identifying the profitable and equitable means by which social protection can be spread to all groups. And it is necessary to focus on providing social protection to the informal sector. The vision of “decent work” sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It implies opportunities for productive work by providing a fair income. It requires security in the workplace and social protection for families, through better prospects of personal development and social integration. It requires freedom so that people can express their concerns, organise themselves and participate in decisions that affect their lives and....

You are kindly invited to a Zoom seminar which is being jointly organised by the MCW (Movement of Christian Workers) and our Sister Movement the YCW (Young Christian Workers).  

Click here to see the recording  of this event on the MCW Youtube Chamel:  https://youtu.be/xJJ6u1lTBtI

Conference 2021 MCW YCW V2This seminar is entitled “Decent Work for All” and marks the World Day for Decent Work. A range of speakers are planned to reflect the situation faced by the members and their contacts of both movements.
 

As we look for solutions to returning to a greater post-pandemic economic activity, Pope Francis asks that we avoid any form of discrimination, including “consumerism” or “nationalism”. “We must look for solutions that will help us build a new future of work based on decent and dignified working conditions” always “promoting the common good”.

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Migrants, along with other vulnerable workers and their families remain excluded from access to national health promotion, disease prevention,

The February 2021 bulletin from the WMCW (World Movement of Christian Workers) is entitled “The fight for justice”The various contributions from MCWs around the globe all reference or attribute their contribution to the definition of Decent Work by the ILO (International Labour Organisation).  

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Thus, the benchmark for the articles is “Remunerated work carried out in adequate conditions, in a system of freedom, equity and security. Decent Work should let workers and their families lead a decent and healthy life.” The Labours in the Vineyard is drawn upon to emphasise a just wage (Lk10:7) and in addition the explanation that the just wage to the last hour workers gave them dignity (Mt20:1-7). In a similar vein ‘Laborem Exercens’ stressed the social meaning of the just wage for the fruits of the workers’ labour recognised in the ‘Rerum Novarum’ encyclical. Each writer gives prominence to the need

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Each and every year we commemorate May Day as it provides a reminder of the struggles that workers have taken to strive for their rights and seek justice for themselves, their families and workers throughout the world.

  1. Solidarity For the Collective Well-Being and Common Good
  2. From crisis to conversion An invitation to a more humane world
  3. Christmas 2020
  4. International Day for Migrants – 18th December 2020

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What is the MCW?

We act against injustice and inequality to improve the lives of everyone in society

About Movement of Christian Workers

We use the life of Christ to inspire us to meet the challenges of everyday life. We meet in small groups to share experiences and provoke actions for change. We highlight issues that affect workers and those on the margins of society. We organise seminars on these issues. We are run by volunteers.

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The MCW does not receive funding from any source other than its members and supporters.

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The MCW is a member of the
World Movement of
Christian Workers

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European Christian
Worker Movement

Our Prayer for Decent Work

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