A Call to respect all those workers who, due to the weaknesses of Croatian legal safeguards, are subjected to pressure and forced to work without Sunday as a day of rest, remaining outside the circle of their families, loved ones and children has been issued by the Justitia et Pax Commission of the Croatian Bishops' Conference. "These employees, especially female workers—the mothers, sisters and daughters of many—on this day of rest will not be with their families. Due to their absence, their homes will be empty, grey and gloomy. Therefore, shopping on Sundays is a form of hypocrisy and insensitivity toward the disenfranchised" states the Call. Read more
4 march 2012: European Day for a Work free Sunday !
Sunday 4 March 2012, on the European Day for a work free Sunday,
Markus Schlagnitweit and Helmut Schmidingerden climbed on top of the LAGELSBERG, 2.008 m (in Warscheneck-Stock/Austria) to show that Sundays offer possibilities for such performances.
We welcome the Confederació de Comerç de Catalunya and Caritas Germany among our Members
The Confederació de Comerç de Catalunya (Retail Confederation of Catalonia, CCC) is a business association established to defend, represent and promote the general interests of the commerce, services and tourism sector in Catalonia. The services offered by the CCC are, among others language service, tax advising, trainig courses for employers and employees from the tourist and services sector and information about commercial legislation, public health, subsidies, etc..
Caritas Germany has the mission is to build a better world, especially for the poor and the people in need. On the national level the public non-profit corporation organises the social work of the Catholic Church without regard to ones belief and religion, on the international development Caritas acts as relief and development organisation. Caritas further aims to contribute in social and society policies.
On the 14th February, 2012, a clear majority of about two-third of the municipal Council in Freiburg voted against any shop opening on Sundays after a passionate debate.
Bertrand Delanoë is supporting Work free Sunday as a principle, even if at the end the decision of opening a shop is taken depending on technical considerations like local needs.
The Committee regrets the lack of reliable statistical data on the nature and extent of the exemptions from Sunday rest that are granted by the labour inspectorate and stresses that the number of such exemptions has substantially increased.
A Call to respect all those workers who, due to the weaknesses of Croatian legal safeguards, are subjected to pressure and forced to work without Sunday as a day of rest, remaining outside the circle of their families, loved ones and children has been issued by the Justitia et Pax Commission of the Croatian Bishops' Conference. "These employees, especially female workers—the mothers, sisters and daughters of many—on this day of rest will not be with their families. Due to their absence, their homes will be empty, grey and gloomy. Therefore, shopping on Sundays is a form of hypocrisy and insensitivity toward the disenfranchised" states the Call. 
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