Abstract
Among the rights of workers articulated in Catholic social thought is the right to associate or the right to form associations of working persons. This right has been discussed in Church documents since the time of the publication of Rerum Novarum in 1891. It is this right that is addressed in this paper.
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Fleckenstein, M.P. The "Right to Associate" in Catholic Social Thought. Journal of Business Ethics 38, 55–64 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015773013528
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