‘PUT PEOPLE FIRST IN ECONOMIC DEBATE’

Post date: Apr 30, 2014 9:37:48 PM

Issuing the annual Pastoral Letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker (1 May), Bishop Christopher Saunders has called for an economy that is animated by a concern for dignity of workers and their families. In cooperation with all sectors of business, unions, and the community, he emphasises that the Government has a responsibility to ensure low-paid workers and those excluded from the labour market are put first in the nation’s economic planning.

Read more at

http://www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au/publications/pastoral-letters/574-2014-putting-people-first-the-call-for-an-economy-of-social-inclusion