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Commentary Vorpahl: Opposition Grows Fierce to Austerity Cuts in Portland

Commentary, April, 17 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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The deficit in Portland’s General Fund is not an accounting problem. It is a political issue

Znet Article Vorpahl: Detroit Citizen's Prepare to Fight Their Corporate Master

Znet Article, March, 21 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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Fresh from shoving his "Right to Work for Less" legislation down the throats of Michigan's workers, Governor Rick Snyder has grown bolder in pursuing a corporate agenda

Commentary Vorpahl: The Choice In Portland: Austerity Versus a People's Budget

Commentary, March, 06 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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Portland is not broke. The problem is that those with the money are being let off the hook

Znet Article Vorpahl: Why Organized Labor Must Stand Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Znet Article, February, 13 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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By prioritizing their memberships' short-term interests above the interests of all others, the XL Pipeline union supporters are putting themselves at odds with the health of working class communities in general

Znet Article Vorpahl: The Argument for Amnesty: An Immigration Policy That Works for All

Znet Article, February, 08 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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Millions experience the repressive nature of the U.S. immigration system on a daily basis, lifting its need for reform to a level of urgency

Znet Article Vorpahl: Is the "Democracy Initiative" What We Need?

Znet Article, January, 23 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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The building of a national campaign capable of wielding this strength into an organized force should be grounded on the issues that affect the vast majority of working people

Znet Article Vorpahl: Longshore Struggle Brews On Both Coasts

Znet Article, January, 13 2013 Mark Vorpahl
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By reaching out to all working people, the Longshore unions can begin to create a movement that, if sufficiently massive, will have the power to defy court injunctions

Znet Article Vorpahl: Egypt's Revolution Stumbles

Znet Article, December, 26 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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What is needed is working class political perspective that will unite Egypt's workers and poor to mobilize against those who push and benefit from such pol

Znet Article Vorpahl: Defeating "Right to Work"

Znet Article, December, 14 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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A strategy to reverse RTW in Michigan, and prevent anti-worker laws in other states must build the largest possible demonstrations, occupations, and, if need be, strikes

Znet Article Vorpahl: Austerity — the 1%’s Global Battle Cry

Znet Article, November, 30 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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Such an aggressive tearing up of social contracts that generations have taken for granted, as is required by austerity, has been provoking a fight back

Znet Article Vorpahl: Union Loss in Bend, Oregon

Znet Article, November, 09 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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While labor law favors the employer in this nation, there are always ways to overcome this obstacle

Znet Article Vorpahl: Michigan's Proposal 2: Labor's Big Test

Znet Article, October, 28 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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Labor must be willing to fight for all workers' interests with mass demonstrations and strikes

Commentary Vorpahl: Workers Stand Up to Walmart

Commentary, October, 15 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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The conditions and wages that Walmart workers currently are subjected to have created a downward pressure for retail employees and the entire working class

Znet Article Vorpahl: Why Chavez Won BIG! A Comparison Between the Presidential Elections in the U.S. and Venezuela

Znet Article, October, 09 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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In the U.S., an independent social movement has yet to develop that can activate and unite the majority

Znet Article Vorpahl: Job Creation and the Private Sector

Znet Article, September, 11 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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Our salvation from the Great Recession lies in forging the necessary grass roots/workers unity to rediscover our power to set the political agenda

Znet Article Vorpahl: What Does "Independence" Mean for Labor?

Znet Article, August, 30 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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The unions remain the only organizations in this country built by and for workers to be a collective fighting force to defend and improve the members’ standard of living

Znet Article Vorpahl: The Dark Heart of the Libor Scandal

Znet Article, August, 09 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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The London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (Libor) interest rate fixing scandal's potential consequences may be as economically devastating as a world war

Znet Article Vorpahl: Houston Janitors Strike for Economic Justice

Znet Article, July, 29 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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SEIU is challenging the limits of the corporate political machine

Commentary Vorpahl: Pensions Under Attack

Commentary, July, 15 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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Playing on the assumption of common cause between the economic elite and workers, corporations plead poverty and sermonize on the need for "shared sacrifice"

Znet Article Vorpahl: Learning from Wisconsin

Znet Article, June, 13 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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The defeat of the recall was a rejection of relying on the Democratic Party. It was not a rejection of grass roots struggles against austerity

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