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/2019/11/CN11122019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Local 100, United Labor Unions, has represented hoppers for more than twenty-five years. The hopper is a mechanical term of art on a garbage truck. It’s the round cylinder at back of the truck where the garbage is collected and crushed before heading to …
https://acornradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ww06292018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans To have a number of Democratic candidates for President full-throatily espousing policies that seem to favor labor is so rare that it earned a headline in the New York Times saying, “Democrats Grow Bolder With Pro-Labor Policies.” Hey, that’s got to be good news …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10062019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsKatmandu Having not been able to meet with the ACORN India team for over three years given my inability to have my 10-year visa renewed, I was curious about what I would hear from their reports after my long absence on the ground. Would we have made …