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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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Does Walgreen’s Plan Points Way for Lower Wage Service Worker Healthcare?

Health Care September 18, 2013 by digital

 New Orleans   I can’t tell if we have a widening gap in the way big employers see health insurance or a huge opportunity to finally get coverage for lower waged workers.   A week or so ago, I talked about a potential bargaining opportunity for lower waged workers for 2014 before penalties apply to larger companies …

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Hey, You! Start Learning the US Federal Poverty Guidelines!

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Immigration Reform September 15, 2013 by digital

New Orleans  There are two more weeks on the countdown to your chance to finally get health care coverage for you and your family, if you don’t have it, or to potentially get some help in paying for it, if you do have it, and my bet is many of you are still clueless about …

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Confronting the Obamacare Bullies!

Health Care September 6, 2013September 6, 2013 by digital

New Orleans   The important thing about working for change is to “keep hope alive” and always believe that if you work every day the “arc of justice is long” and as “inevitable as the rising of the sun” to quote Jackson, King, and Debs all in one sentence.   Don’t do that at home!             I …

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