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".
Taipei The Organizers’ Forum delegation was on a deep dive to understand the situations faced by migrant workers in Taiwan with meetings early and late during one day with Jing Ru Wu and her colleagues at the Taiwan International Workers Association (TIWA) and Lennon Ying-Da Wang of Service the People Association (SPA), its …
Chicago In the array of workshops, panels, and ballroom presentations there were some about organizing in the South, which has been the holy grail for the future of US unions ever since companies poured into the region to take advantage of cheap labor and abundant resources. Hearing what was on union activists’ minds made …
New Orleans Once again, it’s hard not to quote the Beach Boys line about how “we wish we could all be in California” or something close to that. When it comes to the progress being made for working people by labor unions, the recent news has been amazing. As PBS and the Associated …