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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.

MTC QUÉBEC and the Health Crisis

C6E60F7E 8155 4B52 B272 3C2C76D00C92 1 201 a“Je me Souviens”*, Is the moto of the province of Quebec.  “I remember” is such an apt moto for our times.  Quebec is a predominately French speaking province in Eastern Canada with some 8.5 million inhabitants. Louise Paré from the Movement of Christian Workers (MTC) of Quebec has written to us to share her reflections of the Pandemic in Quebec as Canada it enters its third day under a 12-hour curfew until at least the end of January 2021.

 

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been reflecting together on this crisis and wish to share some thoughts and actions.The International Specialised Catholic Action Movements (Miacs) represent more than 500 movements around the world with a great diversity of countries, cultures and backgrounds.

The crisis aggravates situations and destabilises.

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The pandemic has brutally aggravated pre-existing problems: unemployment, inequalities bet- ween gender, between rich and poor, within and between countries, and domestic violence.

Remembering and celebrating Jesus’ birth in a manger there is no better time to re-new our commitment to the vulnerable, the poor, the inequalities we see and experience. We beg the question, who are the widows, the orphans, the strangers in our world? How do we challenge, how do we show solidarity, how can our activism be put into practice? 

Fr Tom from the Holy Name of Mary Church, Middlesbrough, in one of his recent ‘Talking to myself reflections’ writes how the baby in the manger “is enough for children but that adults will be expected to move beyond that”. With this in mind, in the context of our Movement, the realities abound. 

What is our Human and Christian Responsibility in the Life of a Migrant?

The World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW) prompts us to remember our Human and Christian responsibility to all migrants by marking International Day for Migrants with a message and image evoking the plight of all those who migrate for whatever their reason. 

The migrant is regarded as a “stranger” whether they arrive through internal migration or from crossing borders. Perhaps it is noteworthy that this Memorial Day is only 7 days before we celebrate Christmas.

    DE798BC9 84A7 4F01 91FD 4EF75B1CAA39  The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) back in February 2020 reported that, while paid employment reduced the risk of poverty there remained about 56% of people living in poverty in 2018. These 56% were in households where at least one person had a job.

The JRF website provided details which broke this now further explaining that in 2017/20 there were 18.4 million workers in poverty; 1.9 million were in full-time jobs; 1.4 million were in part-time work and 0.7 were

These are the findings of the majority of Member Movements of the World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW).

The WMCW have produced a 10-page Infor bulletin précising the response of Member Movements to their Global Survey enquiring into the realities and effects of the pandemic on workers’ lives.

Produced in a Review of Life Method of See, Judge, Act the bulletin’s summaries spans a wide-ranging geographical expanse of countries and continents. 816D2213 9267 421C 9133 6D48A4B75917 1 201 a

Member Movements representing workers across the globe identified the preceding years of neo-liberal and austerity polices that laid down a foundation of “suffering, fear and poverty”.

  1. The Pandemic through our Eyes MCW Zoom Seminar, 7th July 2020
  2. Let's Dare To Dream Of A Better World
  3. Zoom-in to the MCW’s National Conference and AGM 2020
  4. Review of Life Enquiries

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