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".
Little Rock For ninety minutes I participated in a fascinating call, organized by Organizing Upgrade, about the obstacles that workers face in trying to protect themselves, secure their rights, and, if possible, organize collectively at Amazon. The participants included activists, veteran union organizers, writers, and current Amazon workers. The organizing climate is such that …
New Orleans There’s a bit of dark humor we often engage in when we joke for one reason or another about big tech that “we’re just living in their world.” We’re talking about the ubiquitous conglomerates including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google, or Alphabet if you will. In modern daily life …
Pearl River: Thanks to the Stansbury Forum, a website for labor organizers and activists, for asking me to do this long post for them on other ways of looking at organizing Amazon. This is Part I of four Parts. Amazon? There Has to be a Better Way Amazon, we have a problem! Jeff Bezos may …