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

Public service union in a fighting mood
June 30, 2010 By John Wojcik
5,000 public workers gathered in Boston for the 39th convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are in a fighting mood.
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Labor

Public workers demand jobs bill
June 28, 2010 By John Wojcik
Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, demanded that Congress "stop fooling around and pass the jobs bill that is before them."
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U.S.

Tale of two cities: Toronto and Detroit
June 25, 2010 By John Wojcik
DETROIT - Twenty thousand people attending the second U.S. Social Forum here this week have staged a peaceful takeover of a city in crisis.
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Labor

We can win jobs if we fight for them, autoworkers tell U.S. Social Forum
June 24, 2010 By John Wojcik
DETROIT - United Auto Workers President Bob King brought a message to the U.S. Social Forum here: "The UAW will speak up for and lead the fight for all workers, regardless of whether they are in...
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U.S.

20,000 march in Detroit as Social Forum opens
June 23, 2010 By John Wojcik
DETROIT - Opening the U.S. Social Forum here, 20,000 from around the nation, a multi-ethnic rainbow of young and old, marched Tuesday calling for jobs and social justice.
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U.S.

Freedom Caravan arrives in Detroit
June 22, 2010 By John Wojcik
A 1,000-strong People's Freedom Caravan arrived today in time to participate in the opening of the U.S. Social Forum, a gathering of thousands of progressive and left social and political activists.
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U.S.

Sorry, Mr. Hayward, Joe Barton stole limelight from your dismal performance
June 18, 2010 By John Wojcik
The firestorm over Barton's defense of BP drew attention away from the dismal performance by BP's CEO Tony Hayward at the Congressional hearing yesterday.
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U.S.

BP coughs up $20 billion, steelworkers slam “corporate greed”
June 16, 2010 By John Wojcik
BP agreed today to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to pay damage claims resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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