John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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March jobs not enough to reduce unemployment rate
April 2, 2010This morning's release of the government employment report showed 162,000 payroll jobs gained in March, the largest jump in three years.
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A call for justice in the tobacco fields
April 1, 2010Tobacco workers joined by supporters from organized labor and community organizations, marched through the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina yesterday.
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Sick children to get health care
March 30, 2010After some strong arm twisting by the Obama administration the insurance industry has backed down from challenging the section of the new health reform law.
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Obama makes pro-labor recess appointments
March 29, 2010President Obama is bypassing Republican obstructionists in the Senate this week and naming 15 people to administration positions, which the GOP has blocked for an average of 214 days.
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News for the rich and famous
March 26, 2010To balance out our working class bias, we checked Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and similar sources, and hereby offer some news of interest to the rich.
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Fight for finance reform next in the national spotlight
March 25, 2010As they celebrate their success with health care reform labor and its allies are already focusing on strengthening the financial reform legislation just approved by the Senate Banking Committee.
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Health care reform poised to pass, 41 senators support public option
March 15, 2010The White House predicted today that the president's health care reform plan will pass the House this week and, in a related development, even the public option is looking like a very real possibility.
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Labor, allies line up behind new House jobs bill
March 12, 2010Just 24 hours after the new Local Jobs for America Act was introduced into Congress by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., unions and their allies are lining up to support the legislation which...
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