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JOIN US Faith at Work Awards Reception Nov. 15, 2011 |
Linked by the ethical imperative “to treat others the way you want them to treat you,” the Labor-Religion Coalition collaborates with diverse religious organizations and people of faith to increase social and economic justice, especially in the workplace.
The Coalition acts with and for the poor and needy. It promotes/leads interfaith services each year on Labor Day and Worker Memorial Day, April 28. The Coalition’s 40-Hour FAST invites prayer, reflection, education and action on one or more ethical issues of importance to New Yorkers. In New York's Sullivan County, the Coalition is part of the Kairos Project.
While the coalition calls upon religious values, it does not adhere to or promote the religious doctrine of any faith group. For more information about partnerships among religious and labor organizations, visit the site of the national organization Interfaith Worker Justice including the national campaign against wage theft. The Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State and several local LRCs are part of the IWJ network.
In an interview for the Ethix Ventures blog, the Coalition's former Sweatshop-free Campaign Coordinator, Jordan Wells, spoke about the connection between religion and the fight against sweatshops:
Ethix Ventures: Your organization, the Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State, is one of many faith-based groups deeply engaged in anti-sweatshop work. For you, what's the connection between religion and sweatshops?
Jordan: Faith communities have and will always have a responsibility to bear witness both to the injustices present in our every day and to exploitation hidden from view. While much of civil society takes a fatalistic posture toward sweatshops--accepting them as the inevitable result of globalization and development--the religious recognize abuse of workers as a moral failing that we can and must correct.
Last Updated: 09/26/2011
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