Staff

SAINT PAUL REGIONAL LABOR FEDERATION STAFF

Colleen Nocerini, Political Organizer

Colleen Nocerini joined the Regional Labor Federation in February 2018. She works to advance labor’s political agenda in the East Metro by recruiting volunteers, supporting events and engaging likely union voters.

A resident of Inver Grove Heights, Colleen was a longtime, active member of SEIU Local 284 while working in the West Saint Paul school district. In 2015 she left her job to make a career of campaign work, joining Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president and working her way up to a position on the advance team.

Colleen is a member of Machinists Local Lodge 459, but she continues to hold “retired member” status in Local 284.

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SAINT PAUL UNION ADVOCATE STAFF

mug-mooreMichael Moore, Union Advocate Editor

Michael Moore has edited the Regional Labor Federation’s official publication, The Saint Paul Union Advocate, since July 2006. The Advocate has been published continuously since 1897, and is mailed monthly to 30,000 members of unions affiliated with the RLF. Michael has overseen efforts to preserve The Advocate’s past – check out our digital archives! – and to enhance the RLF’s presence online.

Michael is a member of the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild and the International Labor Communications Association. Contact Michael at mmoore@stpaulunions.org to pitch a story or place an ad in The Advocate. You can also follow Michael on Twitter @unionadvocate.

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SAINT PAUL LABOR STUDIES AND RESOURCE CENTER STAFF

Erica Dalager Reed, Community Services Liaison

After devoting countless hours of volunteer service to the Saint Paul Labor Studies and Resource Center, Erica Dalager Reed began working for the organization as an AFL-CIO Community Services liaison in October 2020. She is a longtime member of Local 277 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU).

Erica’s focus is connecting unions and their members to needed community resources, especially during strikes, layoffs or lockouts, utilizing Greater Twin Cities United Way’s wide range of resources. Prior to her work as a liaison, Erica worked as a public relations consultant. She has been active in the East Metro community as a disability advocate and as executive director of a Lutheran congregation in St. Paul.