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".
June 11, 2021 New Orleans More than a year ago, our union had filed OSHA complaints in behalf of workers we represent in community care homes for mentally challenged consumers in Louisiana for lack of personal protection equipment (PPE) and failure to isolate and segregate positive Covid-19 cases. We even did actions demanding responses at …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09182020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Local 100 United Labor Unions members continue in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas to speak up and confront their employers, both public and private, about the inadequate health and safety plans at their workplaces. Having written requesting copies of the plans with most employers not …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09112020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Leaders and members of Local 100 United Labor Unions finally had enough of working on the frontlines without proper protection against the coronavirus in nursing homes, supported living centers, human development centers, transportation, sanitation, cleaning, schools, head start centers, and public-facing offices. OSHA, the …