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.

Judge issues restraining order against Wisconsin anti-union law
March 18, 2011 By John Wojcik
A judge at 10:30 this morning issued a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the law that would destroy collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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U.S.

Public service union leader urges Boehner to cool violent rhetoric
March 18, 2011 By John Wojcik
AFSCME president Gerald McEntee has called upon the House Speaker John Boehner to "stop using violent metaphors and demonizing public employees."
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Labor

“No Business as Usual Day” will press workers’ rights
March 17, 2011 By John Wojcik
Members of union locals all over the country are laying plans now to make April 4th a day to remember at the nation's workplaces.
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U.S.

Right wing woes grow in Wisconsin
March 17, 2011 By John Wojcik
Republican elected officials have a lot to worry about as voters increasingly turn away from them in disgust.
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U.S.

Wisconsin recall drive is ahead of schedule
March 16, 2011 By John Wojcik
Less than two weeks after recall campaigns against eight Wisconsin GOP state senators got under way, union members and their allies have already collected half the signatures they need.
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U.S.

“States’ rights” Republicans killing democracy, state by state
March 15, 2011 By John Wojcik
Major assaults on democracy are underway on the local level in dozens of states.
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U.S.

Feb. jobless figures down but concerns rise over govt. cuts
March 15, 2011 By John Wojcik
The nation's official unemployment rate declined ever so slightly for the third straight month in February, down 0.1 percent to 8.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced last week.
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U.S.

Wisconsin protesters: You couldn’t wait us out, so, you locked us out!
March 4, 2011 By John Wojcik
One nurse summed up the legal victory to keep Wisconsin state Capitol open: "What Walker has done is sad. So we came dressed for a funeral but we are ready to dance. We expect that we...
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