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

U.S.

Demand to curb Wall Street has GOP in a bind
April 16, 2010 By John Wojcik
Government records on campaign contributions shows that GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell takes more money from Wall Street than any other sector.
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Peace

Russia’s Katyn gesture a blow to nuclear arms race
April 14, 2010 By John Wojcik
The shock over the deaths of much of Poland's leadership in a plane crash should not cover up victories for world peace that their planned trip signified.
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Labor

Labor turns up heat in battle to curb Wall Street
April 13, 2010 By John Wojcik
In a national webcast today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said, "We are taking this fight straight to Wall Street. They created this mess and now they have to pay."
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World

Recalling the Holocaust
April 12, 2010 By John Wojcik
It was 65 years ago that hundreds of concentration camps across eastern Europe were liberated.
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Opinion

Kyrgyzstan: A “free market” disaster
April 9, 2010 By John Wojcik
The convulsions in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan have a lot less to do with the yearning for democracy there than they do with the aftermath of the World Trade Organization's forced "liberalization" of its...
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U.S.

White House to fight attempts to weaken finance reform
April 8, 2010 By John Wojcik
Deputy Treasury Secretary Neil Wolin declared yesterday that "the administration will oppose efforts to provide exemptions for certain kinds of lenders."
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U.S.

Major jobs bill faces GOP filibuster vow
April 7, 2010 By John Wojcik
A day after Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., vowed to block all future jobs bills, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called on members of Congress to co-sponsor the Local Jobs for America Act.
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Labor

Arkansas primary becomes test for labor
April 6, 2010 By John Wojcik
The labor movement has become a force to be reckoned with in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary.
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