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

Ignoring public opinion, Indiana Senate approves “right to work”
January 24, 2012 By John Wojcik
Despite mass opposition to the so-called right to work bill, the Indiana State Senate yesterday approved the measure.
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Labor

AFL-CIO calls for urgent action to stop Indiana “right-to-work”
January 23, 2012 By John Wojcik
The AFL-CIO has issued a national appeal for help to stop passage of a so-called "right-to-work" law in Indiana. "We are at war," the AFL-CIO appeal reads. "The assault on workers in Indiana continues."
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U.S.

Trumka files dissent from Obama jobs council report
January 19, 2012 By John Wojcik
Trumka said he disagreed and that evidence does not support the claim that significant new job creation would result from such so-called reforms.
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U.S.

People of Wisconsin make history on recall
January 18, 2012 By R. Mehrparast And John Wojcik
MADISON, Wis. - Participants in the drive by United Wisconsin to collect more than a million signatures to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker celebrated long and hard here last night.
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U.S.

Over 1 million sign to force recall of Wisconsin governor
January 17, 2012 By John Wojcik
The people of Wisconsin today submitted over a million signatures on petitions to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, 460,000 more than needed to trigger a recall election.
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Labor

South Carolina GOP seek drug tests and benefit cuts for jobless
January 12, 2012 By John Wojcik
This week a state senate panel in South Carolina approved a bill that would force unemployed workers to take drug tests in order to qualify for unemployment benefits.
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U.S.

Romney scores not-so-big win as Republicans argue over “vulture capitalism”
January 11, 2012 By John Wojcik
Mitt Romney, "frontrunner" for the GOP presidential nomination, emerged as the leading candidate with only 37 percent of the vote.
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U.S.

Hypocrisy is hallmark of GOP debates
January 9, 2012 By John Wojcik
A representative of the Newt Gingrich Super PAC blamed the loss of manufacturing jobs on Romney's style of doing business.
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