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

U.S.

Across the country: Peaceful protests against police killing in Ferguson
August 15, 2014 By John Wojcik
Everywhere the message was the same: There is no excuse in the United States of America for rifles and heavy weaponry to be aimed at people exercising their right to peaceful protest.
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U.S.

Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests
August 14, 2014 By John Wojcik
President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."
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Opinion

Norman Hodgett, 82: Fighter for peace, economic justice, and equality
August 13, 2014 By John Wojcik
Activists are mourning the loss of Norman Hodgett, who died in New York August 9. He leaves behind his beloved Kathy Rutkowsky and countless friends and comrades.
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Labor

AFL-CIO leaders: GOP suing Obama to conceal its non-agenda
August 1, 2014 By John Wojcik
Republican House Speaker Boehner is pushing a lawsuit against Obama to deflect attention from the fact that there are unmet needs in this country and his party has no agenda.
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Labor

Labor rolls out its plan to defeat GOP in November
July 31, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
"You know what our problem is," said the federation's political action director, Lee Saunders, "It's turnout. We have prioritized the election races and we have to get our people out."
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Labor

Labor leaders say from now on union organizing will be different
July 31, 2014 By John Wojcik
America's union leaders and the workers they represent are not going to take it anymore; they are determined to fight the attacks on labor.
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Labor

Postal workers and supporters rally to save the mail
July 23, 2014 By John Wojcik And Beatrice Lumpkin
Chants of "U.S. mail is not for sale" echoed through the canyons of Chicago's downtown skyscrapers as thousands of union postal workers, teachers and other supporters rallied
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Labor

AFSCME helping 12,000 Chicago cab drivers unionize
July 17, 2014 By John Wojcik
Over 1,000 delegates to the 41st AFSCME International Convention told the 12,000 cab drivers of this city who are trying to unionize that they are not alone.
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