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Gaeth Ferguson listens as Franciscan Father Louis Vitale speaks against Proposition N, the "Care, not cash'initiative on the ballot in San Francisco Nov. 5. Opponents gathered at Civic Center Plaza last Sunday, with a figure of St. Francis ofAssisi looking over them. Opponents say the measure will create new hardships for the homeless by cutting their General Assistance payments. Supporters say the money will be put to better use in treatment, jobs and housing programs.
Doing justice
Catholic social teaching influenced Marriott union settlement
By Kamille Nixon In a "watershed " moment, the first-ever Marriott to be union-organized from the ground up agreed to a labor contract last month , "and it would never have happened without the support of Catholic and other religious leaders, " said Mike Casey, president of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 2. Catholic leaders and activists played an ongoing role in the long union dispute at San Francisco 's Marriott Hotel. Priests and lay people worked at the grassroots, while Archbishop William J. Levada along with other religious leaders supported union organization of workers at the luxury hotel. With the successful settlement last month , employees are alread y enjoying gains like medical benefits , retirement benefits, job security, days off, regular schedules, and childcare benefits , Mr. Casey said.
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Those are the kind of just workp lace conditions th at Catholic social teaching calls for, according to Father Donald D'Angelo , pastor of San Francisco 's Holy Name of Jesus Parish. "It wasn't our place to say what needs to be done, " said Father D'Angelo, who advocated on behalf of the workers. "We were calling attention to the difficulties workers were having, and we wanted it to be resolved. " "I' m delighted to hear after all this time there 's a resolution to this, especially for the sake of the workers, for them to have a sense of well-being while working there, " Father D'Angelo said. "It brings to conclusion a long period of social injustices." Ending social injustices is the duty of Catholic faithful , Father D'Angelo stressed to Holy Name parishioners. He recently re-printed in the parish bulletin a U.S. bishDOING JUSTICE, page 13 ops ' statement calling Catholics into action.
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