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.

Troops line up in fight to stop GOP attack on government
January 27, 2011 By John Wojcik
Senate 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

Labor supports president’s vision but warns of challenges
January 26, 2011 By John Wojcik
The 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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Labor

Shop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more
January 22, 2011 By John Wojcik
Not 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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Labor

Mortgage bankers flee as workers march into meeting
January 20, 2011 By John Wojcik
The 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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U.S.

Trumka: State of the Union must be a call to action on jobs
January 19, 2011 By John Wojcik And Jordan Farrar
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged President Obama to make next week’s State of the Union Address a “call to action, a call to invest in our future, to create jobs, to be the country we can...
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Labor

NLRB tells states they can’t ban card-check unionization
January 19, 2011 By John Wojcik
The NLRB declared recently passed amendments to state constitutions banning the card check method of union recognition null and void.
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U.S.

Health reform backers gaining support
January 18, 2011 By John Wojcik
As Republicans attempt to repeal healthcare reform, Democats are turning the debate into a campaign to explain the law to more Americans.
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Labor

Shop Talk: Freelancers go union, paid family leave a success
January 17, 2011 By John Wojcik
Unemployed people lucky enough to find new jobs are making less than they did before and almost 40 percent took a 20 percent cut in pay.
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