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".
Pearl River Workers continue to have the momentum at Starbucks. This is getting more and more interesting. The NLRB counted ballots in Mesa, Arizona, the medium-sized Phoenix suburb, and the union forces polled 25 – 3 with a couple of indeterminate ballots challenged. There are now 100 stores that have filed petitions and are …
New Orleans Starbucks workers in more than sixty stores have filed for representation elections with the NLRB. The company, no doubt looking for a way to pushback, recently fired seven workers in one of its locations in Memphis, Tennessee. They are sending a message, but how are workers and customers supposed to respond …
Pearl River It’s hard to imagine Mexico as a workers’ paradise. Wages and working conditions are substandard. So-called charro unions which are too often in the pockets of the employers and the government have kept the lid on workers’ wages. Wages, even in some major industrial plants, like General Motors, start at as little as …