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".
Bilbao Originally, the Organizers’ Forum delegation was scheduled to travel to Bayonne to visit Alda, a sister organizing project in the northern Basque country concentrated in the three provinces of France. Our French affiliate, JusticeEnsemble, had trained and supported the growth of the organization. We really wanted to visit. Then reality sat in. …
Pearl River Amazon continues to specialize in stalling the bargaining in the one large warehouse win in Staten Island. The worker-led independent union has now switched leadership and affiliated with the Teamsters. This is a global union interest, but increasingly out of focus for lack of forward motion. Starbucks baristas continue to record organizing …
New Orleans It was just a matter of time before the divide within labor once again became impossible to ignore. This time it was about data centers, which have become a full employment program in many areas of the country for the building trades. For those who thrive on any disagreements within organized …