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

Houston janitors’ strike may spread to other cities
July 11, 2012 By John Wojcik
Janitors all over this town, most of whom earn less than $9,000 per year, walked off their jobs yesterday in a strike.
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U.S.

Romney confronted in the air, on land, and at sea!
July 9, 2012 By John Wojcik
Nearly 100 demonstrators - with air support from a plane flying a banner - protested Mitt Romney's big fundraiser yesterday.
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U.S.

Supreme Court upholds health care law
June 28, 2012 By John Wojcik
In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld virtually all of the health reform law to extend health coverage to most uninsured Americans.
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Labor

Postal workers on hunger strike take aim at newspaper
June 27, 2012 By John Wojcik
After three days of starving themselves to "save a starving postal service" 10 hunger strikers today took aim at the Washington Post.
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U.S.

Supreme Court strikes down most of Arizona immigration law
June 25, 2012 By John Wojcik
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down three parts of Arizona's immigration law today, but permitted one of the key parts to stand in a split decision.
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Labor

Biggest public worker union elects new president
June 25, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.
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U.S.

Lawmakers, economists rip Romney’s latest address
June 14, 2012 By John Wojcik
Lawmakers and leading economists rebutted GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's economic address to a group of businessmen.
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Labor

Workers win biggest union election in Alabama in ten years
June 13, 2012 By John Wojcik
Workers at the Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant here voted last week by a better than two-to-one margin to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
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