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".
April 27, 2021 New Orleans In one of President Biden’s recent executive orders, he announced a plan to appoint a White House commission, chaired by Vice-President Kamala Harris, to come up with ideas on how to support labor unions. Obviously, the government can’t organize unions for us, nor can they sign up our members, but …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A small notice in an email caught my eye. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) attorney in a newly released guidance letter wanted to make sure that employers knew that it was alright to fire workers who are involved in advocating for police reform …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Even here along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River, the temperature has edged down a couple of degrees, signaling Labor Day’s arrival. In my time this meant school was starting and no matter what the thermometer read, it was fall, doggone it, and time to …