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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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UAW Lesson: It Takes a Village to Win a Union Election

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Labor Organizing February 17, 2014 by digital

New Orleans  Ok, I was dead wrong.  I called the union election for the UAW at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a solid victory for the union, and I could hardly wait to see whether or not this opened up important organizing throughout the South.  Surprisingly, and tragically, when the votes were counted, …

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Yes Ma’am, The Help, and Housekeeping

ACORN Ideas and Issues September 18, 2011 by wade

New Orleans        I haven’t been able to bring myself to see, The Help, a movie ostensibly set in the early 1960’s in Jackson, Mississippi where a young, white writer gives voice to her African-American maid friends during the Civil Rights era.  Fantasy has little appeal for me.  I did go to see the Gary …

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New NLRB Rules: Changing Post-Election Strategy

Employee Free Choice Act Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Protests June 25, 2011June 25, 2011 by wade

New Orleans One result of the proposed new NLRB election rules, if and when adopted, may require a shift in post-election strategy. A union will know the results of the election and whether or not the challenged ballots on any unit questions affect the outcome or are aggravations waiting for hearings.  Either way this would …

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