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".
Marble Falls ACORN in Canada, the UK, and Europe organizes tenants into tenant unions. As I learned chanting with our members in Glasgow some years ago, the “rent is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s!” For younger people this is an issue, because for many, if not most, the notion of owning a house seems financially out of …
Chicago At the Labor Notes conference, I was drawn to another panel on non-NLRB organizing, largely in the South where most of the rules detail what you can’t do, including engage in public employee elections or collective bargaining. This session was a meticulously prepared and presented showcase for the Campus Workers Union, an affiliate …
Chicago The NLRB finished counting the votes at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee near midnight, but it was clear hours before, that for the United Automobile Workers (UAW) the third time was the charm, as the “yesses” were piling up. The final count polled 2,628 votes for the union and only 985 for …