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.

Big biz dollars bankroll tea party racism
October 21, 2010 By John Wojcik
A report released by the NAACP documents tea party groups giving "platforms to anti-Semites, racists and bigots" and cites efforts within the tea party to recruit members for white nationalist organizations.
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Opinion

Right-wing dead serious about killing minimum wage
October 20, 2010 By John Wojcik
The political right is implementing a multi-faceted strategy it hopes will push the country back to the days when there was absolutely no social safety net at all.
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Labor

Labor steps up efforts to prevent GOP takeover
October 19, 2010 By John Wojcik
Pollsters are now beginning to predict a better election night for Democrats than they were expecting up until now, with the unprecedented campaign the labor movement has mounted getting much of the credit.
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U.S.

Illinois celebrates Lilly Ledbetter Day: equal pay for equal work
October 15, 2010 By John Wojcik
CHICAGO - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn honored Lilly Ledbetter Oct. 14 for her struggle to win equal pay for women.
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U.S.

Glenn Beck gives $10,000 to Chamber of Commerce
October 15, 2010 By John Wojcik
Worried that $400 billion in secret corporate slush funds is not enough to buy Republicans control of the Congress, Glenn Beck donated, on Oct.14, a check for $10,000 to the American Chamber of Commerce.
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Labor

Labor intensifies outreach to Y generation
October 15, 2010 By John Wojcik
The AFL-CIO is stepping up a program it hopes will eventually bring the Y generation into the labor movement.
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U.S.

Lou Dobbs joins immigration hypocrite list
October 13, 2010 By John Wojcik
The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute recently found that Lou Dobbs, who fulminated nightly on CNN against "the illegal aliens" taking over the country, has relied for years on undocumented labor for the upkeep of...
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Labor

Wall Street Journal warns labor could stop GOP in its tracks
October 13, 2010 By John Wojcik
Evidence that all the media hype about a coming GOP victory in the mid-term elections may be totally off base surfaced Oct. 12 in a warning to the ruling class from the Wall Street Journal.
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