Jack Wade Show

The Jack Wade Show - Wade's Words

• Share The Solidarity!
  Recent statistics say that union membership in all of the employment sectors is down to 12% in the United States.  Those numbers are dangerously low and, if they get smaller, could force unions into extinction or weaken a union's bargaining power.  If you are fortunate enough to be a union member, you should consider yourself blessed.   As union people, we have to share our good fortune by Sharing The Solidarity! [...]
  
  
• The Grinch(es) Who Stole Patriotism!
  On this Labor Day weekend, in the midst of the highest unemployment levels since the great depression, record amounts of underemployment and corporations that use invidious hiring standards like pre-employment credit checks that make the hiring process seem like a reality show, we have to take stock and determine the real causes of our problems then fix them.  We have to ask ourselves several questions: How could conservatives and the Tea [...]
  
  
• They Had Their Bagstock, We Might Need A Wadestock Rally!
  The most disturbing part of Glen Beck's rally wasn't the rally itself, it was the media's coverage of it. To make the media's shortcomings work for us, visit my Listen Here!  page. [...]
  
  
• Martin Luther King And The Union Movement, Partners For Justice.
  There are some main stream Democrats who seem all too eager to write off unions as being a thing of the past. They say that Union membership is "down to 10%".  They think that unions are cash cows that the Democrats can tap for campaign funds, but "have very little influence on Democratic policy". That kind of talk betrays the values that the mainstream Democrats profess, but rarely deliver.  In short it,  provides aid and comfor [...]
  
  
• The Genuine, Original March On Washington!
  On August 28, 1963, I was almost 13 years old, my Dad and I went to The March On Washington with a contingent from The United Auto Workers Union.I hope that the following three videos give everyone a clear picture of that march and Honor Martin Luther King and all that he represented.  Let's not let the Becks and Palins of the world dishonor his memory.Part 1 - The Preparations [...]