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/2020/09/CN09172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A small notice in an email caught my eye. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) attorney in a newly released guidance letter wanted to make sure that employers knew that it was alright to fire workers who are involved in advocating for police reform …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09112020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Leaders and members of Local 100 United Labor Unions finally had enough of working on the frontlines without proper protection against the coronavirus in nursing homes, supported living centers, human development centers, transportation, sanitation, cleaning, schools, head start centers, and public-facing offices. OSHA, the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Even here along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River, the temperature has edged down a couple of degrees, signaling Labor Day’s arrival. In my time this meant school was starting and no matter what the thermometer read, it was fall, doggone it, and time to …