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".
Baja California Life and death in the pandemic tragically revealed the shortage in many hospitals, and perhaps the entire healthcare industry, of trained nurses. The problem was so acute that many nurses could earn two and three times their normal pay, if they were willing to travel to some of …
Marble Falls Regular workers under fire from bosses is old news, and what many believe is just the way it is, and will always be. Class being what it is, that is just normal. Workers had their moment during the pandemic though. Many unheralded jobs suddenly became understood, sometimes for the first time, …
New Orleans Before union organizing becomes a marathon, it’s important to sprint as fast as you can until the companies catch up. Sadly, we’re seeing this unfold now in the nascent efforts to organize workers at Amazon and Starbucks. The old saying that the “bigger they come, the harder they fall” is an …