Rathke on organizing

Acorn founder Wade Rathke has posted three interesting and insightful posts about the new NLRB election rules, here, here, and here. In his first post he correctly sets out the passage to approval and predicts accurately the legal challenges and time table (years). More after the jump

ACORN ousts longtime local leader

Executive Director of Louisiana ACORN, Beth Butler, who also is reported to be the long time "companion" to ACORN founder Wade Rathke, was fired today. Butler had worked for ACORN for 37 years. Details here.

Searcher finds nut

Someone has noticed the Louisiana Secretary of State's searchable corporation data base is useful. In addition to the information on Wade and Dale Rathke, a search for the term "ACORN" returns 4 pages of business organizations, many of which relate to ACORN's activities. A similar search for SEIU and Service Employees International Union turned up empty. But then there is a reason for that  . . . .