Boston's Labor Priest

It calls for greater efforts on behalf of immigrants and other low-wage workers; extended use of media to broadcast the moral issues at stake in debates over worker rights and the responsibilities of unions, management and government; and engaging people of all faidis and traditions in efforts to achieve workplace justice, harmony and efficiency. Greg Thornton, senior vice president for employee relations and operations of The Boston Globe, says of Boyle: Father Ed encouraged collective bargaining among guild labor and management members to be conducted in a dignified and civil environment that has often been lost or absent in other parts of the country.