The National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice applauds, encourages and supports the efforts of the newly established Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of Champaign County. This coalition of people of faith and labor in central Illinois is an idea whose time has come because it addresses a fundamental problem throughout America. Too many workers are overworked and underpaid. Too many hardworking people are faced with unhealthy and hazardous working conditions, unfair wages and poor benefits.
All religious traditions call for workers to be treated with justice and dignity.
That is why all across the country people of different faiths, races, and nationalities are uniting, working, fasting, praying, and marching for justice. It's time for all workers to have a voice and be able to exercise their right to join a union without fear of retaliation or attempts at undermining that right. We encourage all parties to dialogue in good faith concerning the current situation at the University of Illinois. We stand with the workers struggling to be heard.