Behold, the wages you withheld cry out. It’s one of the most crystal-clear verses, among numerous others of the kind, both in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, that address the problem of just and unjust wages. Or to put it more sharply: verses that condemn unjust wages. The Catechism of the Catholic Church cites that verse from James, as well as Leviticus and Deuteronomy, in identifying unjust wages as one of the sins that cry out to heaven for divine vengeance.

What happened to the Christian tradition of supporting workers’ rights?