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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: Local 100 ULU

The Painful Tragedy of the Digital Divide

Ideas and Issues February 23, 2016February 24, 2016 by digital

Little Rock    For more almost 25 years, Local 100 United Labor Unions has represented school support workers mostly in Texas and Louisiana from Head Start to high school from teachers to bus drivers to cafeteria workers and janitors. Most of our work is concentrated in the cities now, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and …

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Grinding out a Hollow Victory under the NLRB for Garbage Workers

Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing October 8, 2015October 1, 2020 by digital

Little Rock   For more than twenty years, Local 100 has represented “hoppers” in New Orleans as well as other cities in south Louisiana and Texas. Hoppers, gunslingers, or whatever they might be called are the laborers at the rear end of garbage trucks, handling the business end of the enterprise, making sure the content of …

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Has the Time for Paid Sick Leave Finally Come?

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice September 11, 2014 by digital

New Orleans      Don’t let some good news get by you in the headlines about bombing the bejesus out of Syria and the rising inequality gap, let’s celebrate the fact that California took a giant step in advancing the prospects for mandatory paid leave for workers as Governor Brown signed a bill granting accrual of three …

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