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/2020/04/CN04132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The reports of pandemic deaths of essential workers are harrowing. A lot of attention, deservedly, has been given to healthcare workers of all kinds who are living and breathing the virus in emergency rooms and intensive care units. Others are also falling like flies. …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN02292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what kind of sand platform applications around food delivery are built on. The workers are hardly paid, precarious and unhappy. The restaurants are complaining and organizing for protection in some cities, and trying to figure out …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Traveling in other cities both in the United States and around the world, it sometimes seems like food delivery workers are everywhere on either scooters or bicycles. The soft box on their backs or the hard one behind their seats to hold containers of …