A few gestures toward a statement of principles for Christian labour advocacy

We who share reformational Christian philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd's contribution to labour theorizing for labour organizing and action, shoud remember that he analyzed the qualifying modal function of a labour union as an ethical one, whereas the leading function in some cases of workers' unionization may be a pisteutic one, a leading function of faith.  The latter is the case with Christian Labour Advocae which also seeks to set the stage in theory for the practice especially of Christelijke Nationaal Vakverbond where the qualifying function is simply Christian moral principles for the limited sphere of workers in the workplace.  CNV works for structural solidarity with all Dutch labour unions and movements, on the one hand; but the Dutch union also functions in Theo Vollenhoven's terms to generate the directional differentiation of the various labourviews based on fundamental different values of work in our advanced industrial societies, and in labour developments in developing countries. Thru the theory-strong distinction between structure and direction, Vollenhoven and Dooyeweerd together generate a scientific groundwork (for anyone who wants to think deeply) of the theoretical foundation for a pluralized labour representation of unions alongside one another, competing for members in a thoroly advanced labour representation based on full freedom of association and proportional representation on a secret ballot vote of all workers, say, annually — which does not exist in the unionization of most workers in the wide world today. Today is the anti-democratic moment in the pseudo-democratic unions that dominate the labour world everywhere around the globe.  And this latter creates a kairos moment for workers of Christian faith and all other workers who want to be represented by a union of hi morals influenced by reformational Christian ethical thawt.

— Albert Gedraitis, Christian Labour Advocate publisher and writer