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".
Pearl River There are two “NRAs” that swing big sticks around the US, pushing bad policy for people and workers. The dangerously effective and scandal-ridden National Rifle Association is perhaps the best known, but the National Restaurant Association, another NRA, is quieter and more comfortable on the back pages and the back rooms, …
New Orleans The Department of Labor has now issued its final rule for wage and salary levels that define eligibility for overtime payments at time-and-a-half of the hourly wage. After years of being stuck at a relatively low threshold, the needle moved during the Obama administration, but the even more worker-friendly Biden administration …
New Orleans Sometimes we overlook the obvious when focusing on some of the fights on the sidelines. This thought hit me like a brick while I was reading about the efforts to win a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota, the latest battleground for wage justice for so-called gig workers. These …