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".
May 1, 2022 Pearl River May Day is a celebration of worker solidarity all around the world. In the USA, not so much. We pretend we honor workers on Labor Day, but mainly that’s an excuse for a holiday and maybe a picnic with real workers’ celebrations more a memory than a movement. What …
New Orleans In Starbucks case, the new boss is not the same as the old boss. The new boss is the old boss several times over. The Starbucks board brought back Howard Shultz, who became a billionaire as CEO and one of the founders of the chain. Part of his mission was reportedly …
New Orleans Worker mobility is always of interest in the United States, especially when companies are scrambling during the pandemic and post-pandemic labor shortage that is helping fuel worker organizing across the country. Are workers really making big moves now to expanding job markets, or are we being fed some kind of boosterism …