The CD helps vulnerable workers both understand and advocate for their rights and are being distributed through the National Interfaith Committee's network. The CD includes contact information for 60 interfaith groups that support workers' rights and the U.S. DOL state offices. There is also a section dedicated to Your Rights to Safety and Health in the Workplace, because each year 60,000 workers die from job injuries or illnesses and another 6 million are injured, according to the Department of Labor.
All religious traditions call for workers to be treated with justice and dignity.
When workers understand their rights under the law, it helps them advocate for just treatment. The National Interfaith Committee also works with the Department of Labor to train faith and community-based advocacy organizations on worker rights. Local partnerships are already underway in Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Diego. People of faith are happy to work with the Department of Labor. The National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice works to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.