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The future of work after Laudato Si’

JESC — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:34:00 +0000

Martin Maier, SJ, participated as recently appointed spiritual adviser of UNIAPAC, the International Christian Union of Business Executives, in an International Research Seminar on the theme The Future of Work: Labour after Laudato Si in Rome from 10-12 January 2019. This seminar is a joint project of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Dicastery for […]

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Shaping the Future of Work – Event

JESC — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:37:43 +0000

Last Tuesday, 27 November 2018, Giuseppe Riggio from Aggiornamenti Social and Pierre Martinot-Lagarde from International Labour Organisation visited JESC before going to the Shaping the Future of Work event, where representatives of the E.U. institutions and organisations based in Brussels met with 150 delegates from Churches, Christian and other faith-based organisations. They discussed the challenges of […]

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The future of work – labour after Laudato Si’

JESC — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:23:22 +0000

Written by: Fr. Pierre Martinot-Lagarde SJ, The future of work – labour after Laudato Si’ The project presented here aims at addressing the challenges introduced by Laudato Si’ for the world of work, in the traditional approach of the social doctrine, one of collaboration, dialogue and constructive proposal based on significant principals : the dignity […]

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Rural depopulation – The harvest is rich but the labourers are few

JESC — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:08:13 +0000

Responding to ever-louder calls for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy (‘CAP’), MEPs have recently voted in favour of measures to help small farmers. In this article, environmental lawyer Henry Longbottom SJ (JESC) considers a range of voices in a debate about public funding of rural activities. Few would deny the importance of […]

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EP amendments establish red lines with regard to the TTIP

JESC — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:01:24 +0000

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership aims at integrating the European Union and the United States the largest trade agreement in the world. The formal negotiations for this ambitious Treaty began in June 2013 The aim of this agreement is to eliminate or reduce barriers to trade in goods, services, and investment, in order to […]

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UK dilemma after Cameron’s victory

JESC — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:24:11 +0000

One way to interpret the UK General Election of May 2015 is that some kind of status quo has been restored. The coalition of 2010 to 2015, between the Conservatives (Tories) and the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) was the first such in British history. Throughout the twentieth century, it had seemed the natural order that […]

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