John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Protests blanket nation as health summit opens
February 25, 2010CHICAGO - Hundreds of union members, business owners, sick people denied benefits by their insurance companies, their families and activists braved snow squalls and icy winds blowing in from Lake Michigan last night.
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GOP wall of resistance shows cracks on jobs bill
February 23, 2010Five Republicans joined with Democrats to move the bill forward. But it is widely seen as far too small to significantly impact the jobless rate.
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Obama rolls out health care plan, moves to block rate hikes
February 22, 2010As insurers fearful of health care reform announce massive pre-emptive rate hikes the Obama administration proposed today to give the government the power to block the increases.
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Federal labor law regulator hits GOP on filibuster
February 19, 2010The chair of the National Labor Relations Board yesterday came closer to taking an openly pro-labor stand than has any federal regulator in history when she blasted the "political paralysis" fostered by the GOP.
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Recovery Act success stimulates the push for job creation
February 18, 2010Reports released this week show that Republican claims that the stimulus was a failure are dead wrong.
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Labor presses White House on NLRB nominees
February 18, 2010Last week the Republicans filibustered and effectively killed President Obama's nomination of Craig Becker, a long-time pro-labor lawyer. The AFL-CIO is not happy.
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Health public option springs back to life
February 17, 2010A group of influential Democratic senators called yesterday on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include the public option in the reconciliation process on health care reform.
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Tea Party shows its not-so-grass roots
February 16, 2010In the latest indication that the right wing Tea Party is a part of mainstream Republican Party strategy, GOP Chairman Michael Steele is meeting today with 50 of the "movement's" leaders.
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