Milestones in Catholic church's role in labor movement.

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: June 4, 1999 | Copyright information

1879: The Knights of Labor, a Catholic labor movement that peaked in the 1880s, is founded in the United States. Most members eventually joined either the American Federation of Labor or unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

1891: Leo XIII issues Rerum Novarum ("On the condition of workers"), the first papal encyclical on social questions. Leo endorsed the right of laborers to organize.

1916: Fr. John A. Ryan publishes Distributive J...

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