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

Labor

Avondale shipyard workers hold save jobs rally
September 29, 2010 By John Wojcik
When Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast region five years ago many of the workers at the Avondale shipyard near New Orleans stayed behind when the area was evacuated.
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Opinion

Dems keep House and Senate!
September 28, 2010 By John Wojcik
New polls show a much closer race in November.
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U.S.

GOP facing multiple hurdles in election drive
September 27, 2010 By John Wojcik
Republicans hoping to seize control of Congress on Election Day face a week of obstacles that are expected to complicate their plans.
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U.S.

GOP “pledge” condemned as flim-flam
September 24, 2010 By John Wojcik
It's being called a "public relations" ploy, a kind of "Herbert Hoover economics," whose "numbers don't add up.."
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Opinion

Health care law includes no lifetime limits
September 24, 2010 By John Wojcik
Perhaps the most important piece of the new health care law that kicked in Sept. 23 is no more lifetime coverage caps.
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Opinion

The departure of Lawrence Summers and the fight for jobs
September 22, 2010 By John Wojcik
Whether and how the Obama economic team shifts after the departure of Summers will reflect much more than simply what the president would like to do.
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U.S.

Obama says he won’t budge on ending Bush tax cuts for the rich
September 21, 2010 By John Wojcik
"What I ask the Tea Party is, ‘Would you cut veterans' benefits, end Medicare, end Social Security?'”
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Labor

15,000 jobless at tele-town hall cause concern for GOP
September 16, 2010 By John Wojcik
Participation by 15,000 unemployed workers, Sept. 14, in Working America's tele-town hall on the November elections has Republican candidates nervous.
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