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Following a Just Labour Policy 40. Protection of the human rights which derive from labour is another fundamental line of action offered by the social teaching of the Church in order to ensure a correct exercise of the right to private ownership of land. The close links between work and property mean that the former represents a crucial instrument for ensuring that material goods are used for all. Public authorities therefore have the duty(44) of acting to ensure that these rights are respected and fulfilled, following three basic lines of action: a) promotion of conditions that ensure the right to work;(45) b) guarantee of the right to just remuneration for work;(46) c) protection and promotion of workers' rights to form associations in order to safeguard their rights;(47) the right of association is a necessary condition for achieving a balance in bargaining power between workers and employers, and hence for guaranteeing the development of a correct dialectic between the social parties.
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44) "... it is the State that must conduct a just labour policy": John Paul II, Laborem Exercens, no. 17. 45) The State has a duty to "act against unemployment, which in all cases is an evil, and which, when it reaches a certain level, can become a real social disaster": ibid., no. 18. With a view to making employment possible for all, the State must promote a proper organization of work through "a just and rational co-ordination, within the framework of which the initiative of individuals, free groups and local work centres and complexes must be safeguarded, keeping in mind what has been said above with regard to the subject character of human labour": ibid. 46) Remuneration for work performed is just if, besides wages, the worker receives "various social benefits intended to ensure the life and health of workers and their families": ibid., no. 19. 47) "The experience of history teaches that ... even if it is because of their work needs that people unite to secure their rights, their union remains a constructive factor of social order and solidarity, and it is impossible to ignore it": ibid., no. 20. |
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