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Labor Day Statements of the United States Catholic Conference Labor Day Articles by C-L Network Members Each year, the Untied States Catholic Conference issues a Labor Day Letter.  these letters focus on special issues dealing with workers and the condition of work The Catholic - Labor Network has acquired copies of all past Labor Day Statements, and will be posting them to this page for the access of its members and friends.   A New "Social Contract" for Today's "New Things" - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2010 Labor Day 2009: The Value of Work; The Dignity of the Human Person -USCCB Labor Day Statement 2009 Labor Day 2008: An American Catholic Tradition - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2008 Labor Day 2007: A Time to Remember; A time to Recommit - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2007 A Labor Day Reflection on Immigration and Work - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2006 Work, John Paul II and Catholic Teaching - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2005  (USCCB Labor Day Statement 2005 in Spanish) Global Trade that Works for All - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2004 Recommitting to Justice for Farm Workers - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2003 Monsignor George G. Higgins: Faithful Priest and Voice of Workers - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2002 The Dignity of Work & Worker: The Message of Laborem Exercens - USCCB Labor Day Statement 2001 A Jubilee for Workers: Challenges and Opportunities for the New Millennium - USCC Labor Day Statement 2000  Social Security & Solidarity - USCC Labor Day Statement 1999    Labor Day: Not a Picnic for Everyone - USCC Labor Day Statement 1998   Economic Progress: Looking Beyond the Numbers - USCC Labor Day Statement 1997    Renewing The Social Contract, Reclaiming the Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers - USCC Labor Day Statement 1995    Work: Still at the Center of the Social Question - USCC Labor Day Statement 1994  Msgr. George Higgins: A "Labor Priest" Challenges Us - USCC Labor Day Statement September 1993  Work and Family: Old Values, New Challenges -USCC Labor Day Statement 1992 A Time for Action - USCC Labor Day Statement 1991 On the New Condition of Labor - USCC Labor Day Statement 1990 Freedom, Justice and the Role of Unions - USCC Labor Day Statement 1989 Solidarity and American Catholics - USCC Labor Day Statement 1988 Rights and Responsibilities of Workers - USCC Labor Day Statement 1987 Family and Work - USCC Labor Day Statement 1986 The Right to Health Care - USCC Labor Day Statement 1985   Papal Social Encyclicals    Other Catholic Social Teachings General Articles of Interest   Catholic Worker Connection Msgr. George Higgins   Home Page E-Mail: Fr. Sinclair Oubre