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"The Worker As Co-Creator With God": The Theology Of Dorothy Day's Unionism, Joe Kruse

Masters of Arts in Theology Theses

When contemporary admirers of Dorothy Day reflect on her work and that of the Catholic Worker, what usually comes to mind are the Movement's charitable works for the poor and its pacifism. However, during the early years of the Movement many Catholic Workers, including Day, were heavily involved in the labor movement and in advocating for workers' rights. Day, a fierce anti-capitalist, saw the struggle for the liberation of workers as central to the Catholic Worker's mission and rooted her labor activism in a Catholic theology of unionism. In this paper I explore Dorothy Day’s unionism and how Day understood …