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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".

Category: Community Organizing

Surprises from Organizers in South Korea

ACORN Community Organizing International Labor Organizing WalMart November 18, 2006 by wade

Seoul, South Korea  Na Hyowoo knew I would be interested in meeting some union organizers and representatives in order to get a better sense of the work here, so we went to the outskirts of downtown Seoul to meet with the Korean Federation of Private Service Workers’ Unions and their president, Kim, Hyung-Keun. I was feeling …

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Organizing the Unemployed and Women Workers

Community Organizing International Labor Organizing November 17, 2006 by wade

Incheon City, South Korea  You get on the #1 subway at stop #131 near the YMCA (where I was staying) and stay on the #1 line for way more than an hour until near the end of the line you are in the heart of Inchon City. This is not Seoul, but it’s no small town …

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Its a Movement

Community Organizing Health Care Ideas and Issues November 11, 2006 by wade

Delhi  This is what we’re talking about! We join with the editors of the Springfield News-Leader: OUR VOICE Wage hike sends clearest message on Election Day Working class deserves attention. It’s the economy, stupid. Never was the advice of a former adviser to Bill Clinton so clear as it was in Missouri on Election Day. Voters …

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