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.

Obama calls for tax hike for the rich
April 13, 2011 By John Wojcik
President Barack Obama laid out a "framework" that he said can reduce the federal budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years without slashing social services.
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U.S.

Lawmaker requests federal probe of Wisconsin election
April 12, 2011 By John Wojcik
Rep. Tammy Baldwin has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal probe into the handling of disputed vote records in Wisconsin's April 5 state Supreme Court elections.
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U.S.

Federal probe demanded in Wisconsin election scandal
April 8, 2011 By John Wojcik
Republican County Clerk Kathy Nicolaus took the election data off the county's computer network and put it on stand-alone computers accessible only in her office.
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U.S.

Republicans show government shutdown is their aim
April 6, 2011 By John Wojcik
Republicans are exposing their determination to force a government shutdown, regardless of any Democratic concessions.
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Opinion

After 64 years, still paying the price for Taft-Hartley
April 5, 2011 By John Wojcik
How did the landmark anti-labor legislation, backed at that time by Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon, come to be the law of the land?
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U.S.

Leaders demand GOP condemn Cantor call to abolish Social Security
March 31, 2011 By John Wojcik
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and leading senior advocates demanded today that Republican lawmakers condemn Majority Leader Eric Cantor's call to abolish Social Security and Medicare.
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Labor

No means no! Wisconsin judge blocks Walker bill – again
March 30, 2011 By John Wojcik
A judge here ruled March 29 that a restraining order is still in force for a law that kills collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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U.S.

Indiana official quits after scheme for fake attack on Walker is bared
March 25, 2011 By John Wojcik
Indiana prosecutor Carlos Lam admitted to suggesting that Wisconsin Gov. Walker stage a violent assault against himself in order to win public sympathy.
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