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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ok, let’s be clear, everything about the pandemic sucks, alright? For the most part we don’t hate our homes, but we definitely don’t like being told we have to stay at home. Attach the word, “order,” to it and it brings out the deep …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I didn’t know Rev. William Barnwell or his family well, but I knew them for a long time and in many different capacities. I first met Barnwell and some of his family when we were organizing the Household Workers Organizing Committee, a union of …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The stimulus bill overs some expanded rights for workers at companies with under 500 workers. What do you do if your employer has over 500 workers and is refusing to do the right things to protect workers, including those exposed to the coronavirus? Employees caught …