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 Some years ago, when I could still get a visa to India, I was standing on a corner in Bengaluru with Suresh Kasidan, our head organizer in that area, talking to more than a dozen of our members. Their wares were laid out on the sidewalks around us and they gathered to …
Pearl River I wasn’t sure that I was going to be able to visit with Gina Peltier, a self-described water protector on Wade’s World. Small problem, she was in jail, although she hoped to be released sometime on the day before the interview. When I asked her why she had been held, she told me …
August 4, 2021 New Orleans The NLRB hearing officer has issued a complaint in the Bessemer, Alabama, union election involving Amazon warehouse workers on the question of representation by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), affiliated with the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW). In the NLRB process, a complaint is issued …