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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: International

Wal-Mart in India

Community Organizing International Labor Organizing WalMart July 8, 2005 by wade

New Orleans   The largest company and largest employer in the world is of course Arkansas’ own, Wal-Mart.  The business model has a lot of elements — low prices, low wages, large supply, convenience to customers, are among them — but another one is the need to constantly expand whether that means opening 300 or more …

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Peru: Primera Reunion Grande

Community Organizing International Labor Organizing June 29, 2005 by wade

 Lima:  Palomino was a ranging complex of several thousand apartment units that had been built in the mid-1960’s as housing for workers by the government of the Municipality of Lima.  Families now owned their apartments, and given the economy of Peru over recent years, these units were now home to many generations of a family …

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WARN 1 — Wal-Mart 0

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing June 23, 2005 by wade

St. Petersburg:  Over recent months WARN assembled a community alliance that consisted of ACORN groups, civic associations, the Sierra Club, the local labor council, and a bunch of others to speak clearly to the city fathers of St. Petersburg, Florida, on the question of exactly why did Wal-Mart need to build a store on Gandy Road …

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