John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Iraqi union leader: “War not over for our workers”
September 12, 2013Hassan Juma'a Awad, president of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, was a guest at the AFL-CIO's convention where he spoke at an event organized by U.S. Labor Against the War.
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Labor opens house to all U.S. workers
September 12, 2013Resolution 5: "The AFL-CIO hereby invites every worker in the United States to join the labor movement either through an affiliate or through Working America."
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Labor’s house opens door wide: Let’s work together
September 10, 2013Envisioning a common cause coalition powerful enough to defeat the stranglehold of "entrenched corporate interests," Richard Trumka announced an agenda that would include many democratic goals.
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Ethiopian immigrant Tefere Gebre shakes up labor organizing
September 10, 2013Gebre's first attempt at union organizing in Orange County was a smashing success. He successfully signed up 400 workers who toiled as sorters of trash.
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As matter of survival, unions double down on diversity
September 9, 2013The 50-plus unions of the AFL-CIO redoubled its efforts to diversify its ranks and leadership with more women, workers of color, LGBT and young workers.
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Durazo: Labor must fight for all who work
September 6, 2013LOS ANGELES - In a speech to labor journalists here Sept. 6, one of the nation's most powerful union leaders made the case for building a union movement very different from the one that exists in...
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Domestic workers come out of shadows, into labor movement
September 6, 2013LOS ANGELES - Maria says she began working for an elderly woman, cleaning her house and preparing her meal, but the duties soon increased yet her wages didn't.
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Labor Day 2013: Unions determined to remake themselves
September 2, 2013As Labor Day 2013 approaches unions in America are re-assessing themselves in a way they never have before.
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