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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".

Tag: labor unions

Union Conundrum: Short Term Needs versus Long Term Success

Labor Organizing July 18, 2012 by digital

New Orleans  Eduardo Porter’s “Economic Scene” column in the New York Times is fast becoming a favorite read for me.  He actually seems to care about people, including working and low income people.  Probably not long for this world at the paper, but worth showing some love. In today’s column he looked at the deterioration …

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Little Hope for New NLRB Rules, SEIU Convention, & Canadian Initiatives

Ideas and Issues May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 by digital

New Orleans  It is time to examine the results of all of the sound and fury of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions that conservatives claimed would bring the end of world as they knew it.  The conclusion to date is that there is no change whatsoever! Step back for a minute and remember …

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NLRB New Rules: Quicker Elections, More Hearings, Longer Cert Delays

Labor Organizing June 22, 2011 by wade

New Orleans The NLRB has announced a new rule-making procedure on representation elections.  Labor will try to paint lipstick on this pig, and business and their political friends will claim this is the end of the world as they know it, but in truth unions know this is not what they had wanted or hoped …

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