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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".

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British Unions Facing Huge Opportunity

UK Unions February 16, 2026February 17, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       There’s no way to put sugar in the coffee on this: unions have suffered in countries across the world in recent decades as they faced fierce corporate and governmental opposition.   Union leaders and organizers cite many reasons to explain their loss of membership, even as polls among workers in the US …

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Stopping Amazon is Not Easy

Amazon International Make Amazon Pay NLRB Strike UK Unions November 28, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans      Another Black Friday has come and gone, or has it?  Now, there’s Cyber-Monday, and every kind of small business seems to be jumping on the bandwagon at least pretending there’s a sale on offer.  I even read some report about a woman who specialized in finding cheaper prices than Amazon on …

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One Big Union – 2023 ACORN Edition

ACORN International Organizing UK Unions November 5, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Shepley            Every year ACORN’s international organizers and some of our leaders come together in person in the late fall somewhere in Europe or the United Kingdom for that lot, as they say in England, and in the United States for the North American crew early in each new year, usually in the greater New …

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