John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Labor
Hyatt workers end weeklong strike with protest at ‘heat lamp hotel’
September 15, 2011Hundreds of striking workers concluded their strike yesterday with a picket and protest at the Park Hyatt, which won notoriety when management there turned heat lamps on striking workers in July.
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U.S.
GOP opens offensive against almost all regulations
September 15, 2011Republican lawmakers in Congress have opened an unprecedented offensive against almost every type of government regulation.
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U.S.
Trumka: New GOP bill would gut workers’ rights
September 13, 2011Republicans are backing a new bill they introduced after the NLRB filed a complaint against Boeing, which the board says retaliated against workers for exercising their rights.
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Labor
Locked out sugar plant workers blame company for fires
September 12, 2011Locked out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are blaming fires at plants in Dayton, N.D., and in East Grand Forks, Minn., on untrained scabs hired to replace them.
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U.S.
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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Opinion
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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Labor
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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Opinion
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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