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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07042020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In organizing unions, captive audience meetings are the scourge of organizing drives. The employers have the right to make the meetings mandatory in order to deliver their anti-union screeds, but union representatives are unable to attend. Organizers spend hours preparing committee members and union activists …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River If there were ever a time that workers needed to feel safe on the job, it’s got to be now in the middle of a pandemic. Even with the lifting of restrictions in different states and various businesses reopening, many workers are still voting with …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11192019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It may be hard to remember, but the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is supposed to ensure the right of workers to organize and safeguard the stated public policy expounded in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which favors collective bargaining. Under the Trump …