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

U.S.

White House hits Medicare privatization scheme
December 16, 2011 By John Wojcik
The White House has joined a national chorus of protests against the so-called bi-partisan Ryan-Wyden plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system.
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U.S.

Wisconsin under Walker loses 18,000 jobs a year
December 15, 2011 By John Wojcik
The policies of Republican Gov. Scott Walker are a dismal failure.
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U.S.

GOP makes new round of shutdown threats
December 15, 2011 By John Wojcik
The administration wants passage of a short-term budget measure to allow for more time for negotiations on the budget bill and the payroll tax cut for workers.
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U.S.

84-year-old Wisconsin woman told to pay $200 poll tax
December 14, 2011 By John Wojcik
The Justice Department says it is looking carefully at the voter suppression laws put through by Republican lawmakers all over the country.
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U.S.

GOP uses payroll tax cut extension to slash jobless benefits
December 14, 2011 By John Wojcik
Republicans in Congress voted 234 to 193 yesterday to slash more than in half the number of weeks people can collect unemployment benefits next year.
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U.S.

Congressional Progressive Caucus introduces biggest jobs bill yet
December 13, 2011 By John Wojcik
Responding to national demand for a massive jobs program, the Congressional Progressive Caucus today introduced the Restore the American Dream for the 99 Percent Act into the House of Representatives.
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Opinion

Economic depressions increase the threat to democracy
December 12, 2011 By John Wojcik
There is a rising threat to democracy, a direct result of the economic crisis and how the powers that be deal with it. We must change the failed austerity politics of our country to a politics...
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Opinion

Republican senator admits that latest GOP filibuster was sabotage
December 9, 2011 By John Wojcik
The GOP vote against President Obama's nominee to the Consumer Financial Protection Board was to sabotage the agency.
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