The Gig Economy And The Dignity Of Work: A Catholic Response To A New Labor Crisis

The theological principle at stake runs deeper than economics. The church teaches that work serves not merely to produce goods but to perfect the worker, contributing to human flourishing and social cohesion. Gig work’s isolation—drivers alone in cars, delivery workers racing against app timers—fractures the communal dimension of labor that Catholic social teaching considers essential. Workers become atomized units of production rather than persons in relationship.

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