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.

Wisconsin elections board disqualifies Republican candidate
June 28, 2011 By John Wojcik
Republicans in Wisconsin were dealt a major blow June 27 in their effort to unseat state Democrats and retain their anti-union majority.
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Labor

It’s union time at America’s airports!
June 23, 2011 By John Wojcik
After a ten-year struggle, 40,000 workers at 450 airports across the nation are celebrating today after choosing the AFGE as their union and sole bargaining agent.
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Labor

Labor board rules would make it easier to unionize
June 22, 2011 By John Wojcik
The National Labor Relations Board proposed new rules this week that address a major problem the Employee Free Choice Act was designed to solve.
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U.S.

High Court to women Wal-Mart workers: You’re on your own!
June 20, 2011 By John Wojcik
The lawsuit, had it been allowed to proceed as a class action, could have involved up to 1.6 million women, with Wal-Mart facing billions of dollars in damages.
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Labor

Hundreds join Congress Hotel strikers at 8th Anniversary rally
June 16, 2011 By John Wojcik
Sixty workers who have been on strike at Chicago's Congress Hotel for eight years were joined June 15 by hundreds of supporters at a rally outside the hotel.
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Labor

Unions take fight vs. Walker bill to federal court
June 16, 2011 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Wisconsin AFL-CIO head Phil Neuenfeldt assailed the state Supreme Court for reinstating the union-busting law, called the ruling "an affront to our democracy."
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Labor

5,000 join union-led march against corporate greed
June 15, 2011 By John Wojcik
As the nation's top CEOs held a June 14 summit in Chicago, 5,000 angry demonstrators outside chanted, "You got bailed out, we got sold out!"
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Labor

Attacks on NLRB are attacks on working families
June 15, 2011 By John Wojcik
Why have Republicans and tea partiers gotten so riled up about the NLRB? Answer: Because it's doing its job.
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