Mark Vorpahl

Mark Vorpahl is an union steward, social justice activist, and writer for Workers’ Action – www.workerscompass.org. He can be reached at [email protected]

Op-Ed

The Time Has Come for $15 Minimum Wage

If it wasn't for such laws as the minimum wage, bosses would reduce workers' wages and benefits to near zero.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

November 12, 2013

Op-Ed

At AFL-CIO Convention, Leaders Ask: What Direction for Labor?

Without the commitment to build a social movement, all the innovative ideas coming out of the AFL-CIO convention may come to little, if anything.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

September 11, 2013

News Analysis

The August 24 March on Washington: Why We Need a New Civil Rights and Labor Movement

Fifty years after the March on Washington, communities of color need to really around issues of social inequality that plague America today.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

August 10, 2013

Op-Ed

Quantitative Crisis: Bernanke’s “Stimulus” for the 1%

Mark Vorpahl analyzes Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's suposed stimulus programs and who they really support.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

June 3, 2013

News

Local Fights Against Austerity Are Growing Across the US

You cannot lift up a nation's economy while slashing away at its consumers' pocketbooks.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

May 9, 2013

News

Opposition Grows Fierce to Austerity Cuts in Portland

Like many US cities since the onset of the recession, Portland has faced years of budget cuts costing jobs.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

April 17, 2013

News

Detroit Citizens Prepare to Fight Their Corporate Master

What is needed is a social movement that will unite Labor and Civil Rights organizations and get Detroit's residents out into the streets in mass protest actions.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

March 20, 2013

News Analysis

The Lowdown in Portlandia: Austerity Versus a People’s Budget

Portlandu2019s Mayor Charlie Hales has announced that there is a $25 u2013 $40 million hole in the cityu2019s budget.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

March 6, 2013

Op-Ed

Why Organized Labor Must Stand Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Spurred by real urgency over the corporate driven ruin of the environment, a growing social movement is taking shape that will be on display this Sunday, February 17, when …

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Occupy.com

February 13, 2013

Op-Ed

Austerity: The 1%’s Global Battle Cry

Austerity cuts have become the battle cry for the majority of Americans whose futures are threatened by massive cuts to social security and medicare.

By: Mark Vorpahl ,; Worker'sAction

November 29, 2012

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