John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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President demands lawmakers pass $447 billion jobs bill
September 9, 2011Republicans, as expected, are already throwing wrenches into the works, with all of the GOP presidential candidates essentially trashing the proposal.
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Hyatt workers strike in four cities after two years without contract
September 9, 2011More than 90 percent of the unionized early shift in Chicago's Hyatt hotels showed up for picket duty instead of work this morning.
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Wildcat strikes called as West Coast port battle heats up
September 8, 2011Hundreds of longshore workers marched on the port past security guards and then dumped grain after removing it from rail cars.
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The Republicans’ intergalactic adventures
September 8, 2011The GOP presidential candidates proffered a free-market fairy tale straight from their alternate universe.
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Public support grows for government jobs program
September 7, 2011"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.
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Workers blast threat to shut down U.S. Postal Service
September 6, 2011Postal Service employees say threats by the U.S. Postal Service to shut down this winter because of a $9.2 billion deficit are part of a "manufactured crisis" designed to privatize the world's largest mail delivery system.
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Joint session of Congress to hear the president on jobs
September 1, 2011President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, ending yet another GOP attempt to embarrass the president.
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“America Wants to Work” kicks off this week
August 31, 2011The AFL-CIO and its allies will spend weeks organizing an "America Wants to Work" campaign to focus on what they see as the nation's real crisis: jobs.
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