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

Sixteen arrested in W.Va. after 11,000 march on Patriot Coal
April 2, 2013 By John Wojcik
The actions, organized by UMWA, were in support of the union's campaign to save health care for retired miners and win better wages, benefits and working conditions for miners on the job.
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U.S.

Today in women’s history: Anne Hutchinson banned from Bay Colony
March 22, 2013 By John Wojcik
Not enough is said today about the role of women in formulating the basic beliefs we have about the nature of freedom itself.
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Labor

Workers to Hyatt: Put housekeeper on board of directors
March 20, 2013 By John Wojcik
Housekeepers will convene here tonight to nominate one of their own to sit on the hotel's board of directors.
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U.S.

New Ryan budget: “A zombie he won’t let die”
March 13, 2013 By John Wojcik
The GOP plan gives even more tax breaks to the rich, higher subsidies to companies that ship jobs overseas, and bigger tax cuts to corporations.
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World

Church faces big choices as cardinals pick a new pope
March 12, 2013 By John Wojcik
The cardinals have assembled in Rome to begin choosing the next pope.
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Labor

Chicago unions go to bat for immigration reform
March 8, 2013 By John Wojcik
Chicago's labor movement turned out in force yesterday to declare support for immediate reform of immigration law.
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Labor

Unions go public with intent to overhaul their own structure
March 8, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO will probe new ways of organizing itself and the broader labor movement and its allies to meet what it says are the changing times.
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Labor

Union leaders: Time is now for immigration reform
February 28, 2013 By John Wojcik
The executive council of the AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Congress of the United States immediately pass immigration reform.
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