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 The outcome of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) strike is a long way from being settled, but so far union leadership has handled this very wisely. The tactic of hitting all three of the big automakers, GM, Ford, and what used to be Chrysler and now is called Stellantis is brilliant, …
New Orleans This was my Labor Day special Posted on September 4, 2023 by Working-Class Perspectives. Is Joe Biden, as he claims, the best friend workers have had in the White House either ever or since Franklin Delano Roosevelt? We could debate that all day, but the President and his administration at …
Marble Falls I would have hated to have acted with “premature certainty” when I predicted, after meeting with longtime TDU leader Ken Paff last month, that based on the non-economic progress in the UPS-Teamsters negotiations that there would not be a strike. This is the biggest private sector contract in the US, covering …