Clergy Says ‘Labor Union’ Aren’t Bad Words

By Hady Mawajdeh,

Published August 27, 2014 at 12:07 PM EDT

Amy Laura Hall has organized the Labor Sabbath movement in North Carolina.

Some North Carolinians cringe at the phrase ‘labor union.’

In the right to work state, some opponents say unions cause harm to private businesses and do not benefit workers. This weekend in churches, synagogues and other holy places some clergy will talk about unions as part of a Labor Sabbath movement.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Labor Sabbath organizer Amy Laura Hall and two participants: Pastor Mark Rowden of the Savannah Missionary Baptist Church of Fayetteville and Rabbi Eric Soloman of Beth Meyer Synagogue of Raleigh.

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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