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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".

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Unbelievable: Right-to-Work in Michigan

Labor Organizing December 12, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   Virtually in the blink of an eye, despite huge divisions on the street and throughout the state, somehow, unbelievably, Michigan is now, like the solid south and some of the West, the 24th state with a so-called “right-to-work” law.  The law, signed yesterday, takes effect in the spring of 2013. In fact for …

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Eagles Falling and more Institutions Shrinking

Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing August 3, 2012August 3, 2012 by digital

Missoula   Flying through Denver we picked up the papers on our way to our camping and fishing vacation off the grid in Montana.  Depressing! Though well known for a while, reading the story of the AFL-CIO’s proposed sale of their National Labor College was a downer.   Not only because of all of the waste but …

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Could More than 40% of Philly Voters Be Denied the Ballot?

Voting Rights July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 by digital

New Orleans  A headline from the Naked City blog by Daniel Denvir in Philadelphia caught my eye:  “A Whopping 43 Percent of Philly Voters May Not Have Voter ID, According to New Data.”  Holy-moly!  No wonder the Republicans think their voter suppression effort in the Pennsylvania legislature, according to their leadership, may have handed the …

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