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/2019/09/CN09122019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis As fewer and fewer workers are members of unions and enjoying the rights and privileges of working under the protections of a collective bargaining contract, perhaps the National Labor Relations Board thinks that it doesn’t matter if they take away rights from such workers. Maybe the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09022019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Most of the world celebrates workers and Labor Day on May 1st, but the vestiges of “better dead than red,” have diluted Labor Day in the USA to a celebration of the end of summer, school openings, and, oh, yeah, workers are worth noticing for …
Washington At Georgetown University Professor Joseph McCartin showed some bite-sized clips from “The Organizer” documentary and followed up with questions he posed, as well as a variety that came from the audience. One former union brother launched a rant that bemoaned the loss of workers’ weapons dating back to the passage of the Taft-Hartley …