John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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The nation’s football players: “Let us play!”
February 2, 2011Members of the NFL Players Association, are facing the possibility of being out of work if their bosses follow up on threats to lock them out when their contract expires March 4.
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GOP: no to jobs, attack women instead
February 1, 2011In addition to ignoring the jobs mandate, Republicans have now introduced a bill that redefines rape and incest as only that which is "forcible."
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Union members march on Koch billionaire secret meeting
January 31, 2011Hundreds marched on a secretive gathering of billionaires that constitutes the core financial support for numerous right-wing causes.
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U.S. union leader jailed in Mexico for supporting Sonora miners
January 27, 2011The United Steelworkers has condemned the Jan. 24 arrest of Manny Armenta, one of its international representatives, by customs officials in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.
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Troops line up in fight to stop GOP attack on government
January 27, 2011Senate Democrats came out swinging Jan. 26 against a GOP budget plan they said risks the loss of 1 million jobs.
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Labor supports president’s vision but warns of challenges
January 26, 2011The labor movement is reacting positively to the vision of the future put forward by President Obama in his State of the Union speech.
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Shop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more
January 22, 2011Not paid at all for three pay periods, 3,750 jobs saved at Kansas City plant, Union credited with saving 700 jobs in Indiana, He wants working families to pay, Coal mine disaster 'preventable'
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Mortgage bankers flee as workers march into meeting
January 20, 2011The bankers' summit was interrupted after the workers, who overwhelmed security guards with their sheer numbers, marched into the room, passing stunned bankers.
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