He opposed the rampant growth of indutrialism and the speeding up of the assembly line. He did not view the organized labor movement of his time as a solution because it was secular. In Maurin's ideal world, labor would not be bought or sold but would be offered up freely for the common good. Failing that, he supported Catholic workers' guilds after the philosophy of fellow Frenchman Paul Chausson. These excerpts were originally published in Maurin's Easy Essays .
Industrialism is evil because it brings idleness both to the capitalist class and the working class.
Idleness does no good either to the capitalist class or to the working class. Creative labor is what keeps people out of mischief. Creative labor is craft labor. Mechanized labor is not creative labor. Because the workers want to co-operate with the business men in the running of business is the reason why they sit down.