This document discusses Catholic Social Teaching on the dignity of human work and workers' rights. It covers the views that work allows people to participate in God's creation, supports one's family and society, and that workers have basic rights including just wages, benefits, and safe working conditions. The document also discusses the social quality of private ownership, stating that while people can legitimately own goods, they should see them as common to others and use them to benefit others as well as themselves.

1. Theology 12 BS PSY 1C

2. - Rights of workers
- Conditions of workers
- Social quality of private ownership

3. DIGNITY
The quality or state of being worthy of honor and
respect
Human dignity is something that can’t be taken
away. Catholic Social Teaching states that each
and every person has value, are worthy of great
respect and must be free from slavery,
manipulation and exploitation.

4.  Social encyclical- “Laborem Exercens” or “on human
work” by Pope John Paul II
Work is an obligation, a duty, on the part
of man. Man must work, both because
the Creator has commanded it and
because of his own humanity, which
requires work in order to be maintained
and developed.
Man must work out of regard for others,
especially his own family, but also for the
society he belongs to, to his country, and
the whole human family of which he is
a member, since he is the heir to the
work of generations and at the same time
a sharer in building the future of those
who will come after him in
the succession of history. On Human
Work (Laborem Exercens. . . ), #16

5.  Work is a good thing for man-a good thing for his
humanity-because through work man not only
transforms nature, adapting it to his own needs,
but he also achieves fulfillment as a human being
and indeed, in a sense, becomes "more a human
being.” On Human Work (Laborem Exercens. . . ),
#9

6.  “The economy must serve people, not the other
way around. Work is more than a way to make a
living; it is a form of continuing participation in
God’s creation. If the dignity of work is to be
protected, then the basic rights of workers
must be respected--the right to productive
work, to decent and fair wages, to
the organization and joining of unions, to
private property, and to economic initiative.”
Church`s view of human labor

7. -the right to receive a just wage and benefits;
-the right to security of tenure;
-the right to be heard and be understood;
-the right to completely air grievances;
The worker`s basic rights :

8. -the right to participate in peaceful and lawful
concerted activities;
-the right to a safe and healthy workplace;
-the right to equal opportunities at work;
-the right to participate in policy and decision-
making processes

9. Present condition of workers

10.  The seventh commandment – “you shall not steal”
Social quality of private ownership
The seventh commandment forbids unjustly taking or
keeping the goods of one's neighbor and wronging him in
any way with respect to his goods. It commands justice and
charity in the care of earthly goods and the fruits of men's
labor. For the sake of the common good, it requires respect
for the universal destination of goods and respect for the
right to private property. Christian life strives to order this
world's goods to God and to fraternal charity.

11.  God entrusted the earth and its resources to man to
take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy
their fruits. The goods of creation are destined for the
whole human race.
 In his use of things man should regard the external
goods he legitimately owns not merely as exclusive to
himself but common to others also, in the sense that
they can benefit others as well as himself.“
 Source: Catechism of the catholic church
I. THE UNIVERSAL DESTINATION AND THE PRIVATE
OWNERSHIP OF GOODS