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".
New Orleans The outcome of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) strike is a long way from being settled, but so far union leadership has handled this very wisely. The tactic of hitting all three of the big automakers, GM, Ford, and what used to be Chrysler and now is called Stellantis is brilliant, …
Recife I was confused, but that’s not uncommon when an Organizers’ Forum delegation is on foreign soil and lost in another language. Trying to sort out the address for our meeting with CUT, the Brazilian labor federation, and some of its members, I worried that I had gotten the wrong address for the …
Salvador Organizing low waged and informal workers around the world teaches an organizer a lot about the basic humanity and survival skills of workers. Humility and respect are constant companions, but so are the painful lessons about economics at the bottom of capitalism’s barrel. Call them waste pickers, trash workers, or, preferably, recyclers, I’ve …