It's curious when a Calvinist agrees more with a Catholic saint than a Catholic, but Brian Dijkema, program director for Cardus Work & Economics, does just that in the Fall issue of Markets & Morality. Charles Baird says that he, along with the papal encyclicals beginning with Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, “unequivocally endorse[s] some form of trade unionism.” I would like to test that assertion against what he has written on the subject of trade unions. What evidence is there in Baird’s writings for someone who hopes to discern the church’s teaching on labor unions? What is there in Baird’s written works that will shape someone’s opinion, their workplace, and maybe their actual trade unions for unequivocal support of unionism?The full PDF of this article, as well as Charles Baird's thoughts on this controversy, can be found here.