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Faith leaders’ support for family leave needs to start with their own staffs
By Mary Zamore — June 28, 2023
(RNS) — Moral leadership starts by setting a living example.
LGBT Christians push to overturn Young Life’s ‘sexual conduct’ policy
By Kathryn Post — August 10, 2020
(RNS) — #DoBetterYoungLife, a movement advocating for broader LGBT inclusion, has shared hundreds of stories of exclusion, and its petition has garnered over 6,700 signatures.
Ethical vegans in UK win court protection for their creed
By Catherine Pepinster — January 8, 2020
LONDON (RNS) — A ruling in an alleged wrongful termination case said that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010.
The economic (and Christian) case for hiring refugees
By Chris Chancey — October 8, 2019
(RNS) — As a white evangelical Christian from a rural town in Georgia, I grew up around people who looked and thought like me. But refugees have taught me profound lessons about friendship, hospitality and God’s vision for our world.
Virginia woman sues, says prayer break request cost her job
By Matthew Barakat — September 26, 2019
The lawsuit accuses the company's CEO of mocking her religious headscarf and refusing to hire her after the woman requested time for prayer instead of a full lunch break.
Muslim group launches campaign to take Fridays off for Jummah prayers
By Aysha Khan — July 18, 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) – “Some weeks Friday passes and we don’t even realize it was the day of Jummah,” said Imam Azhar Haneef, missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, during his Friday sermon at the group’s annual convention.
On Prime Day, Muslim workers and activists are organizing against Amazon
By Aysha Khan — July 16, 2019
(RNS) — With Amazon’s much-hyped Prime Day sale underway, Muslim workers and faith-based activists are leading major strikes and boycotts of the online retail giant’s biggest discount event of the year.
Canada reverses abortion rights proviso to summer jobs program
By John Longhurst — December 18, 2018
(RNS) — Many faith groups protested a checkbox on a participation form requiring prospective employers to affirm abortion rights.
Latter-day Saints, NAACP collaborating on inner-city initiative
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2018
(RNS) — Leaders of the two groups met in Salt Lake City earlier this month to continue hashing out plans for an 'education and employment initiative' to be started in cities from Baltimore to San Francisco.
Religion journalists singing country & blues in Nashville
By Thomas Reese — September 5, 2017
(RNS) — 'There are simply fewer religion writers today. They have either been laid off or jumped ship before they got pushed out.'
Pope says closing firms without protecting workers ‘very grave sin’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 15, 2017
(Reuters) Addressing tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday (March 15) for his weekly audience, Francis strayed from his text after mentioning he was worried about how families might be affected by a labor dispute at TV network Sky Italia.
Woman sues InterVarsity over firing after her divorce
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 15, 2013
(RNS) Alyce Conlon was placed on paid leave early in 2011 after informing supervisors that she and her husband were considering separation or divorce.
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