John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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U.S.
White House considering more economic stimulus
September 3, 2010In the face of the bad news about unemployment rising to 9.6 percent from last month's rate of 9.5 percent there are reports that the White House is considering an emergency economic stimulus.
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Labor
Labor Day 2010: Fighting for the American dream
September 3, 2010Workers are thinking about more than burgers, football and car races with latest unemployment figures, up to 9.6 percent.
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U.S.
Another oil rig explodes
September 2, 2010Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast.
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Labor
Trumka: The elections will define who we are as a nation
September 1, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told national media the elections come down to a stark choice: leaders who stand with workers, versus right-wingers pushing a corporate agenda.
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U.S.
Five years after Katrina, it’s “win or die”
August 31, 2010The human-made disaster that preceded the storm and got worse afterward continues.
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U.S.
Calls for new stimulus as 1 in 6 rely on anti-poverty aid
August 30, 2010As government figures show anti-poverty programs are serving a record one in six Americans, demands for a second stimulus are heating up.
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Labor
Palin is new Joe McCarthy, says AFL-CIO Trumka
August 27, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Sarah Palin's radical right rhetoric is "poisonous, dangerous and strikes of McCarthyism."
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U.S.
Demands to fire Simpson increase despite apology
August 26, 2010Alan Simpson's public apology has not stopped a groundswell of calls for his firing.
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