NEW YORK, NY — The International Labor Organization (ILO) issued its Blue Report last week, which is a draft Convention and Recommendations related to decent work in the platform economy. As investors, we (members of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility– ICCR) believe the goal of negotiations should be clear: to adopt a Convention and Recommendation that protects workers, and thus helps mitigate operational, legal, and reputational risks, which helps investors, fulfill their fiduciary duty to manage long-term value and protect assets.
…Following this release, ICCR issued an Investor Statement in Support of a Binding Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy, supported by 200 investors representing over $2.3 trillion in assets under management and advisement.
Fr Seamus Finn, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the U.S. Province
“Respect for human dignity in work contributes to a successful economic system. Pope Leo himself has placed a strong emphasis on the ‘defense of human dignity, justice and labor’ and has been open about his concerns about the impacts that modern technologies can have on the lives and safety of workers around the world. These concerns will only grow more pressing as technologies that impact the workforce proliferate and platform workers become an ever-increasing share of the global workforce. It is essential global organizations meant to protect the rights and dignity of workers keep these concerns in mind.”
A Home For All Is Justice For All | Virtual Side Event for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)
Date & Time: Mar 9, 2026 10:30 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
In this virtual event, Fr. Daniel LeBlanc, OMI and other expert panelists will discuss addressing homelessness among women and girls.
Register to hear discussions about critical issues of specific populations of women and girls and successful interventions to redress violations of their rights and a call government stakeholders to take action to prevent homelessness by addressing legal barriers and discrimination that serve as barriers to women’s human rights in housing, land and inheritance rights.
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— Tamar Ezer | University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic
Grace and peace to you in Jesus Christ, our Savior and the source of our mission.
As we gather in spirit across our communities around the globe, I invite you to pause with me and mark—gratefully and boldly—the 200th anniversary of the approbation of our Constitutions and Rules.
This is not merely a historical milestone; it is a moment of grace, a call to remember who we are, to thank the Lord for His fidelity, and to renew the flame of our shared missionary vocation.
As many of you know, on February 17, 1826, Pope Leo XII officially approved the Constitutions and Rules written by St. Eugene de Mazenod and his small band of missionaries. Guided by the Holy Spirit, they had crafted not only a rulebook, but a way of life deeply rooted in the Gospel and in the needs of the poor.
The first Constitution reminds us that “the call of Jesus Christ, heard within the Church through people’s need for salvation, draws us together as Missionary Oblates” (C1). This remains our starting point.
