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/2020/05/CN05252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River If there were ever a time that workers needed to feel safe on the job, it’s got to be now in the middle of a pandemic. Even with the lifting of restrictions in different states and various businesses reopening, many workers are still voting with …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock I thought I was paying pretty close attention, but this one slipped right by me. Who knew that part of the giant stimulus package included a first-of-its-kind paid leave provision? It must be me, but why do I have the sneaky suspicion that maybe I …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The irony and contradictions around so-called “essential” workers are vexing – mainly to the workers themselves. They have to go to work because they are, by definition, essential, yet employers in the main seem both committed to labeling them as essential and continuing to …