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 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 …
Pearl River You gotta love it, the “Nanny” is now starring in “Fist.” What? You have trouble seeing Fran Drescher in the Jimmy Hoffa role? It’s easier to see than to remember that it was Ronald Reagan in that role the last time actors hit the bricks. AFTRA/SAG and its 140,000 members are now on …