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".
Chicago The NLRB finished counting the votes at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee near midnight, but it was clear hours before, that for the United Automobile Workers (UAW) the third time was the charm, as the “yesses” were piling up. The final count polled 2,628 votes for the union and only 985 for …
Chicago I’ve been to many union conventions over the years, both here and abroad. They tend to be well organized, orderly, often even scripted affairs, very much like political conventions, because, duh, they are political conventions. Whether that’s a state convention of the AFL-CIO in Arkansas or Louisiana or something huge like the conventions …
Heerlen I broke my personal boycott of Starbucks in the Amsterdam train station at Schiphol Airport, partially in desperation after an overnight flight running for the train, partially because I didn’t have a choice since it was between the ticket counter and the track, and mainly because there was encouraging news that the company …