John Wojcik

John Wojcik is Editor-in-Chief of People's World. He joined the staff as Labor Editor in May 2007 after working as a union meat cutter in northern New Jersey. There, he served as a shop steward and a member of a UFCW contract negotiating committee. In the 1970s and '80s, he was a political action reporter for the Daily World, this newspaper's predecessor, and was active in electoral politics in Brooklyn, New York.

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik

Labor

Fast food workers protest wage theft
March 19, 2014 By John Wojcik And Art Perlo
Elected officials, clergy, community, and union members joined in a spirited protest outside the McDonalds in this city's Fair Haven neighborhood Mar. 18.
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Labor

Building trades unions: Remake the nation’s infrastructure!
March 14, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
With GOP opposition keeping the federal government from moving on Obama-backed legislation that would create massive numbers of jobs, the unions, at their legislative conference mapped out specific proposals to get the job done.
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Labor

Unions-workers’ centers unity results in wage and safety wins
February 21, 2014 By John Wojcik
Labor unions, including some that did not at first like the idea, say that hooking up with nonunion workers' centers has helped them make gains, including growing their own memberships.
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Labor

Labor announces plan to unseat 5 GOP governors
February 20, 2014 By John Wojcik
The governors targeted for defeat are Florida's Rick Scott, Michigan's Rick Snyder, Ohio's John Kasich, Pennsylvania's Tom Corbett and Wisconsin's Scott Walker.
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U.S.

Unions double down on Southern organizing after loss in Tennessee
February 19, 2014 By John Wojcik
"You can always count on the brave workers it takes to ensure that all workers will, in the end, participate in how decisions are made at their workplaces."
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Labor

Labor launches campaign to raise wages across America
February 18, 2014 By John Wojcik
We are declaring here and now that the labor movement is going to focus like a laser beam on raising wages for all American workers, union and non-union," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters today.
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Labor

UAW: Volkswagen setback will not deter union organizing
February 17, 2014 By John Wojcik
The nation's labor leaders say that America's workers and their unions will not be deterred by the setback at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Labor

Today in labor history: Atheists and religious alike celebrate “Darwin Day”
February 12, 2014 By John Wojcik
People worldwide are celebrating Darwin's life.
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