UUSC Programs: Economic Justice

Faith-labor-community coalitions are vital to the economic justice movement

As a human rights organization, UUSC has a national faith-based membership and a constituency with core principles that direct our activism.

A distinguishing feature is our deep connection to the Unitarian Universalist movement, with its rich tradition of social justice. UUSC’s economic justice program builds on that rich heritage.

Today, as in the past, faith activists are playing a vital role in the strategic mix of activist coalitions that work for justice.

Worldwide, some of the most effective new configurations of support for economic justice work are faith-labor-community coalitions. These coalitions harness "social capital" of a community’s relationships, build networks of leaders and followers, cultivate social and economic power, and create an avenue for transferring that power from small goals to broader political advocacy.

Domestically and worldwide, these activist coalitions are fostering creativity and success as they test new tools, methodologies, and analytical frameworks for shifting the balance of power to protect the rights of the most marginalized workers.

UUSC helps diverse interfaith communities play a role in faith-labor-community coalitions in support of worker rights and living wages. We are reaching out to UU communities and bridging links to other faith activists to strengthen economic justice coalitions, including UUSC partners Let Justice Roll and the Southern Faith-Labor Alliance.