Twin Cities Religion and Labor Network

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The TCRLN is a cooperation network between labor unions and faith groups (involving churches, mosques and synagogues) to advance labor rights. It's affiliated nationally to the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice in Chicago. The TCRLN opened the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice in the Spring of 2004 and cooperated with Centro de Derechos Laborales exchanging law school student volunteers.

Twin Cities Religion and Labor Network (TCRLN)
% Bethany Lutheran Church
2511 East Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55406

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[edit] Mission Statement

Our purpose is:

  • To foster understanding, promote dialogue, and encourage cooperative action between religious communities and organized labor for the promotion of social and economic justice.
  • Make possible a common voice and cooperative action.
  • Encourage the exchange of information about common interests, concerns, and activities.
  • Provide a forum for the identification of specific workplace justice issues that are of importance for both the labor and religious communities.

[edit] Steering Committee

  • Rev. Fintan Moore - Minnehaha United Church of Christ
  • Rev. Steven Benson - Bethany Lutheran Church
  • Jennifer Christensen - UFCW Local 789
  • Imam Makram El-Amin - Masjid Al'Nur
  • Trevor Lawrence - Minnesota Teamsters
  • Rev. Seth Garwood - Walker Community United Methodist Church
  • Tim Geelan - Minnesota AFL-CIO
  • Matt Gladue - Office of Social Justice-Archdiocese
  • Kate Kline - Minnesota Nurses Association
  • Amy Bodnar - SEIU Local 26
  • Shar Knutson - St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly
  • Ron Krietemeyer - Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
  • Bill McCarthy - Minneapolis Central Labor Council
  • Jane Palmbach - UNITE
  • Rev. Dough Mork - Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Marcy Shapiro - Jewish Community Action
  • Kate Shaughnessy - Labor Education Services
  • Martin Goff - HERE Local 17
  • Sr. Mary White, O.S.B. - Women Religious for Justice
  • Rev. William Smith - Minneapolis Interdenominational Alliance
  • Marilyn Bobick Johnson - United Auto Workers 879

[edit] Staff

[edit] Interns

2003-2004
John Burczek
Yabesh Onsongo
Hesbon Simba
Yongho Kim
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