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

Longshore union leader: “We’re putting our bodies on the line.”
September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik
Hundreds of port workers have voluntarily stood in front of trains carrying grain to an outlaw company in Longview, Washington. Their struggle has made news across the nation and around the world.
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Labor

Paid sick days the law now in Seattle
September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik
Seattle's mayor signed the historic bill Friday. Every worker in the city, depending upon his or her conditions of employment, is now guaranteed five to nine sick days per year.
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Peace

Postal union workers to stage hundreds of rallies Sept. 27
September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik
In every congressional district across America postal workers will rally with their allies on Tuesday, September 27 in a fight to save the nation's mail delivery service.
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U.S.

Documents show Boeing saw South Carolina as worst option for 787
September 23, 2011 By John Wojcik
Newly uncovered Boeing Co. documents show their "Project Gemini" plan to punish workers in Washington state by establishing a second 787 line in South Carolina was their highest risk option for their new Dreamliner jet.
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U.S.

Labor journalists see themselves as a voice for workers
September 23, 2011 By John Wojcik
Sometimes the mainstream media just doesn't get it.
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Labor

Washington state unions see arrests on docks as part of pattern
September 23, 2011 By John Wojcik
The arrests union officers and the wives and mothers of 10 longshoremen are seen by union members here as part of a major assault underway against this state's labor movement.
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U.S.

Obama: Fair taxes on the rich will pay for jobs
September 21, 2011 By John Wojcik
President Obama today called for using $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue raised from the wealthy to pay for the American Jobs Act he proposed last week.
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U.S.

Labor launches new drive to back Obama on deficit
September 20, 2011 By John Wojcik
The AFL-CIO has launched an on-line letter campaign that will enable millions to directly write their lawmakers in support of the president's deficit reduction and job creation plans.
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