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/2019/12/CN12202019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock Once upon a time we might have been able to look at the Department of Labor to lead the way in drawing the bright lines that establish whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, regular or temporary. If that didn’t work, perhaps …
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 …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11172019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans While much of the country is stuck at the level of the federal minimum wage, there are enough states and cities that have nudged the numbers up that economists and others are starting to be able to tell with certainty whether the competing claims …