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".
New Orleans It seems like we’re still in mourning and recovery from the devasting union loss at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse, and now workers have announced that they are filing for an election in a giant fulfillment center, employing 5000 workers, in Staten Island, New York. This is an exciting and important development …
New Orleans Well, well, David Card, Professor of Economics at Berkeley, won a share of the Nobel Prize for work he did with the late Alan Kruger, on the minimum wage. The Nobel folks talk about all three US-based economists as part of the same tribe, because they demonstrated a different way to …
Pearl River Finally, a reason for progressive-minded students to stay in college, whether they are learning anything in the university or not: they can help the athletes organize a union or at least win their rights as workers! The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) fired a shot across the bow …
Little Rock For ninety minutes I participated in a fascinating call, organized by Organizing Upgrade, about the obstacles that workers face in trying to protect themselves, secure their rights, and, if possible, organize collectively at Amazon. The participants included activists, veteran union organizers, writers, and current Amazon workers. The organizing climate is such that …
New Orleans Remember James O’Keefe, the video-scammer, rouge editor, spy poser, convicted miscreant, and damages payer? Probably not, although certainly given the damage he wrought to ACORN in the USA a dozen years ago, I can’t forget or forgive him. He and his misnamed Project Veritas were rightwing darlings in the time of …