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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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Mary Kay Henry Surprise SEIU Leader

Labor Organizing April 24, 2010April 27, 2010 by wade

Detroit For a week I had been hearing that Mary Kay Henry, an old friend and currently one of several SEIU Executive Vice Presidents, was a dark horse candidate as the new SEIU International President to succeed the suddenly resigned Andy Stern. Certainly, Mary Kay would be an fantastic choice, but it was hard to …

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Andy Stern and the Long Goodbye

Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Organizing WalMart April 15, 2010 by wade

Washington As I made my way back from half-way across the world, I watched the story unfold even before leaving Mumbai of first reports that Andy Stern would resign as President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and then a message from him by the time that I arrived at Dulles that there was …

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SEIU Brings Christmas to Arkansas’ Halter

Financial Justice December 30, 2009January 1, 2010 by wade

Quepos A week before Christmas there was a long AP piece by Andrew DeMillo that indicated that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) was going to take the lead in seeking to retire the campaign debt of over $400,000 which Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter owed himself from his election several years ago.  All of this …

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