The Wisconsin State Journal published “Ohio pastors say overturning collective bargaining limits worked because of union, faith leader partnership” by Doug Erickson on February 14, 2012. Share this:
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The Wisconsin State Journal published “Grass Roots: Faith communities work to broaden movement for worker justice” by Pat Schneider on February 14, 2012. Share this:
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Were you inspired by the Wisconsin uprising? Do you want to continue the fight for justice? The ICWJ of South Central Wisconsin is seeking a candidate for the new Field Organizer position. The Field Organizer will be involved with the Faith-Based Labor Rights Organizing Initiative, a project that will strengthen the relationship between organized labor [...]
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Rabbi Renée Bauer, director of the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice, and Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman delivered the following sermon at Congregation Mayim Rabim in Minneapolis, MN for Yom Kippur 5772. It was only day three of the protests. Only day three and there were over 10,000 people gathered outside the State Capitol. I had the privilege of standing [...]
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Rev. Jerry Folk (a board member of the ICWJ) was interviewed by Jonathan Rosenblum on Labor Radio on WORT 89.9 Madison. To listen to the interview about the grounding of faith and labor concepts. To listen to the interview, please click here for an MP3 file (the interview takes place at about the 18 minute [...]
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In honor of Labor Day and all the workers in our community, ICWJ coordinated Labor in the Pulpits speaking engagements at a dozen congregations in the Madison area over the past couple weekends. Board member Craig Myrbo preached at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society. To listen to his message in MP3 format, please click here (19 minutes, [...]
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Do you wish you understood more about why our U.S. immigration system is broken and how it can be fixed? Just register by the Sept. 4 deadline for the exciting class, “Immigration as a Moral Issue”, which will be held at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E. Johnson St. in Madison, on Sundays from Sept. 18 [...]
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Were you inspired by the Wisconsin uprising? Do you want to continue the fight for justice? The ICWJ of South Central Wisconsin is seeking a candidate for the new Field Organizer position. The Field Organizer will be involved with the Faith-Based Labor Rights Organizing Initiative, a project that will strengthen the relationship between organized labor in [...]
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ICWJ board member Mike Sweitzer-Beckman just published his latest column through the Young Voices blog with the National Catholic Reporter. The post is questioning where Catholic leadership has been in recent weeks with all the budget cuts and threats to public employee unions in Wisconsin. He also clarifies that while there hasn’t been a lot [...]
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Interfaith leaders have maintained a consistent presence at Wisconsin’s state capitol in recent weeks in order to bring a prayerful presence to the proposed budget cuts and slashes to workers’ rights. Below is a photo of Rev. Amanda Stein leading a Eucharistic service at the state capitol, courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Follow this [...]
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