WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
June 21, 2021 New Orleans The silent strike of lower-wage workers doing the math on minimal pay versus unemployment plus stimulus payments continues, but, importantly, a record number of workers are also walking off their jobs looking for greener pastures. It’s hard for conservatives to make their case that labor shortages are due to …
March 23, 2021 Atlanta Listening to the public radio station reports in this age of Zoom and teleconferenced US Supreme Court hearings was a horrifying and disconcerting experience as some of the Justices weighed in on the arguments around access for union organizers in California to meet with farm workers in the growers’ fields. …
Shreveport If the devil is in the details, vagueness about the specifics of the proposal on real immigration reform may be hell itself. President Obama, speaking in Las Vegas, had it both ways. He both encouraged quick action, threw roses to both the Republican and Democratic efforts, and repeated his “principles” for reform, but also …