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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".

Month: November 2005

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Community Organizing Ideas and Issues WalMart November 3, 2005 by wade

Dallas     In the grocery and retail business there is a constantly shifting question about what is enough and what is too much when it comes to Wal-Mart. While I was in Dallas for some meetings, I read the end of a front page two-part series in the Dallas Morning News (part 2, part 1) about the …

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Home Child Care Workers Stepping Up

Health Care Labor Organizing November 1, 2005 by wade

Baton Rouge     Last week I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa meeting with our team there pushing hard to organize thousands of home child care workers with SEIU. Similar drives have been pushing forward in New Jersey with CWA. Several weeks ago I met with SEIU 888 on their progress with these workers in Massachusetts. Plans to …

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