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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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The Rarity of Labor Union Strikes in Today’s Economy and Labor Market and Lost Hope at NLRB

Labor Organizing May 7, 2012May 7, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   In Social Policy magazine we’ve published in the current issue a solid description of the ups and downs of a group of nursing home workers in Connecticut.    The piece focused on the lessons learned in the course of a strike that the workers and the union felt was successful.  We also published in …

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Democratic Union Bashers

DC Politics Labor Organizing December 1, 2010December 1, 2010 by wade

New Orleans Aside from California and Alaska, there is no stronger state for unions than New York, yet for months even before being elected as the new Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo seems to have been targeting unions as has special blame-boys for budget woes in the state.  Now indisputable news emerges that he …

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Holding Fox News Accountable – Stop the Ads Now!

Ideas and Issues October 20, 2010October 20, 2010 by wade

New Orleans It’s amazing how we become inured to the ridiculous, even when it is abusive and preposterous.  That’s my cut on Glenn Beck and his ranting, especially when he evokes me as anti-christ and revolutionary.  Over the last couple of years, whenever I would mention the absurdity of it all, too often it would …

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