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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".

Category: Unions

“Act Your Wage” – Work to Rule

ACORN International NLRB Unions October 7, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      I pretty much lower the hip quotient whenever I walk into a room.  In the blazing new age of social media, I gave up on keeping up many years ago.  Twitter or whatever it’s called now was X’ed out of my life for all practical purposes when I couldn’t keep up with …

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Beating the Heat

ACORN International Climate Change Unions Wade's World October 5, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans      I was talking to an old comrade, friend, and Local 100 organizer from back-in-the-day, Jon Barton, who among other things heads up the climate initiatives for the SEIU, the giant US-based Service Employees International Union.  He had mentioned in an interview for Wade’s World how seriously the union was taking the …

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Winning for Tenants in Canada

ACORN International Unions September 29, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Stoney Lake, Ontario       The agenda call for the annual meeting and training session for ACORN Canada organizers heralded Buckhorn 6.0.  It turned out the number might have been accurate or might have been pulled out of the air, but it spoke to the fact that for six years or so, beginning at Lake …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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