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

Opinion

It’s thumbs down on “austerity” in Europe
May 3, 2012 By John Wojcik
The European solution of austerity has been totally discredited not just on that continent but by workers and their allies around the world.
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Thousands march peacefully in Chicago on May Day
May 2, 2012 By John Wojcik
The rallies and march were testimony once again to the apparent success labor, immigrant rights and others have had in recent years re-claiming May Day.
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Eighteenth Democratic lawmaker quits ALEC
April 26, 2012 By John Wojcik
"The dominoes continue to fall," said James Ploeser, Pennsylvania's state organizing director for the Progressive Change Committee.
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Walker makes Wisconsin first in job loss
April 26, 2012 By John Wojcik
"Voters are certainly going to keep this in mind when they vote this spring in the recall elections," said Phil Neuenfeldt.
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Working families oust Altmire in primary
April 26, 2012 By John Wojcik
The national media missed the exciting shot heard in every corporate boardroom in America fired by Western Pennsylvania working families.
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Workers the real victors in Tuesday primary
April 25, 2012 By John Wojcik
The workers of Western Pennsylvania fired a shot heard in every corporate boardroom in America.
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On Workers Memorial Day, a life and death struggle
April 24, 2012 By John Wojcik
Every worker who has ever died on the job in America will be remembered nationwide April 28 on Workers Memorial Day while OSHA continues its 42-year battle to end death and injury at the modern American...
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GOP budget bombs at town halls
April 17, 2012 By John Wojcik
At town halls across the nation during the current two-week congressional recess Republicans are taking the heat like they may never have taken it before.
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