On April 3, Dane County voters will be asked, “Should all Wisconsin workers have the right to seek safe working conditions and fair pay through collective bargaining?” The Board of Directors of the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice of South Central Wisconsin (ICWJ) endorses this referendum. ICWJ is a coalition of individuals, congregations and organizations [...]
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The Wisconsin State Journal published the article “In the Spirit: When politics, religion intersect” by Doug Erickson on February 19, 2012. Share this:
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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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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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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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MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN RELIGIOUS LEADERS Feb 15 – March 1, 2011 Print The London Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/feb/23/wisconsin-protesters-catholic-archbishop-trade-unions National Jewish Press http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/02/22/2743074/wisconsin-jews-react-to-senate-showdown-with-protests-and-no-comment New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/us/28wisconsin.html Wisconsin State Journal http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_f1def2c4-42bc-11e0-b8d7-001cc4c002e0.html Wisconsin State Journal http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_7c085872-42c3-11e0-8cbd-001cc4c002e0.html Christian Century http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-02/religious-voices-enter-wisconsin-union-debate Web Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/curt-anderson/wisconsin-protests-god_b_826179.html Sojourners http://blog.sojo.net/2011/02/23/people-of-faith-united-in-wisconsin Center for Media and Democracy [...]
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ICWJ intern Jenny Wustmann, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, and Rev. Jonathan Grieser of Grace Episcopal Church got their photo snapped together on The AWL: Looking for another entrance, I ran into Jonathan Grieser, rector of the capitol square’s Grace Episcopal Church. His face was awfully ruddy, making him look especially… rectorish. Father Grieser, in [...]
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Rabbi Renee Bauer was quoted in the Wisconsin State Journal today. The excerpt is: Earlier, dozens of ministers, rabbis, and priests joined workers and students from across the state, saying they would risk arrest to protest the closing of the Capitol to the public. “I think that this action tonight is silencing the peoples’ voice,” [...]
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Rabbi Renee Bauer was quoted in today’s New York Times. Here is the excerpt (click here to read the full article): One demonstrator, Rabbi Renee Bauer, called the plan to close the building an effort to quiet people with little power. “It is undemocratic to silence people’s voices,” she said. “This feels like it is [...]
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Rabbi Renee Bauer was quoted in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (click here for full article): “This feels like it’s about shutting down the people’s demonstration,” Rabbi Renee Bauer, said in calling for demonstrations to continue. Share this:
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Rabbi Renee Bauer was quoted in today’s edition of the London Guardian (click here to read the full article): Rabbi Renee Bauer, director of the Interfaith Coalition of Worker Justice of South Central Wisconsin, states that the religious community is not simply throwing their support behind a democratic agenda, adding that “This not just an [...]
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