John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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U.S.
Trumka: Voters don’t want to go back
November 2, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said as he wrapped up campaigning in Philadelphia on Election Day that voters "don't want to go back to the times when Wall Street controlled everything."
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Labor
Labor volunteers keep on going in the final hours
November 2, 2010On Election Day today union members are continuing their push right up until the polls close.
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U.S.
Crunch time for the midterm elections
November 2, 2010It's crunch time! The polls are open and today's the day to cast your vote for candidates who will fight for working families, not candidates funded by the corporations.
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Labor
Midterm campaigns go down to the wire
November 1, 2010President Obama summed up his closing arguments for the 2010 midterm election at a get-out-the-vote event here Saturday that was bigger than any election rally ever held in this city.
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Labor
No enthusiasm gap at jam-packed union phone bank
October 29, 2010CHICAGO - By noon Oct. 29, union members were close to having called 500,000 people in Illinois about the Nov. 2 elections, here at what the Operating Engineers say is the nation's biggest, most state-of-the-art phone...
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U.S.
90,000 union members hit the street in final election push
October 28, 2010The AFL-CIO says its push will, in effect, build a "firewall" that will hold the line on expected Republican gains and allow Democrats to retain control of both houses of Congress.
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U.S.
Tea party failing to match labor’s ground game
October 27, 2010In the last week before the election, when get-out-the vote efforts become job number one for candidates, the Republican Party has begun to falter.
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U.S.
Ariz. tea party candidate: No government regulation of salmonella
October 26, 2010In Arizona, Republican candidate Jesse Kelley, for the U.S. House in the 8th District, has come out strongly in favor of salmonella outbreaks. He, like many Republicans denying the obvious need for better enforcement of health...
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