John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Labor launching America’s Second Bill of Rights
August 8, 2012After years of defending itself against wave after wave of attacks, the labor movement seems to be mounting a full scale counter-offensive this summer.
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Labor to mobilize 400,000 volunteers for 2012 elections
August 3, 2012The AFL-CIO's executive council gave final approval to a plan to deploy at least 400,000 union members to work on the re-election of President Obama.
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Supporters rally for striking Houston janitors in 17 cities
August 2, 2012Support for striking Houston janitors mushroomed all over the country yesterday.
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Can an India-style blackout happen in America?
August 1, 2012He noted that it was only nine years ago that a massive blackout shut the lights off across one quarter of the North American continent.
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AFL-CIO: Walesa didn’t speak for Polish workers at Romney meeting
July 31, 2012The largest labor federation in the U.S. is warning Polish communities nationwide that Lech Walesa's meeting with Mitt Romney in Poland this week did not have the support of Polish unions or the labor movement here...
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Governor helps force Con Ed into an agreement
July 30, 2012Con Ed was forced back to the bargaining table to reach a tentative new contract with Utility Workers Local 1-2, which represents the electric firm's 8,500 workers.
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Workers cry out for higher minimum wage
July 27, 2012From Pittsburgh to Peoria to Portland and from Washington to Detroit, workers came out this week to demand a hike in the federal minimum wage.
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Appeals court to review ruling that killed union election at airline
July 26, 2012A federal appeals court will review the ruling by a Republican judge in Texas that killed a union election at American Airlines.
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