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".
Delhi Amazon has gotten very big in India. Walmart, our longtime nemesis, through its purchase of Flipcart, has joined Amazon in a fierce competition to dominate e-commerce in the country. In a partnership with UNI, the global labor federation, and the nascent Amazon India Workers Association, ACORN and its affiliate, Janaphal, have been supporting …
Pearl River Remember the pandemic? Remember when there were “essential” workers and everyone pretended to care about them? Right, that was so 2020, wasn’t it? Talking to Middlebury College sociologist and former labor organizer Jamie McCallum on Wade’s World about his recent book, Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice, he …
New Orleans – What’s up with unions in 2023? Last year, we wondered if workers unionizing was a moment or a movement. This year where do we stand? Are unions on the offense or defense? Or, both? The victory of the Amazon Labor Union in Staten Island, New York, and hundreds of Starbucks cafes winning …