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

Teachers’ union leader scores administration for backing mass firings
March 2, 2010 By John Wojcik
As top union leaders met yesterday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, criticized the Obama administration for backing mass teacher firings in Rhode Island.
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Labor

Unions push to save jobs in Florida and across the nation
March 2, 2010 By John Wojcik
Union leaders decry "job destruction program," as workers, unions, small business owners and community activists fight to save 23,000 Florida jobs at NASA and beyond.
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Labor

Labor moves to dump Arkansas senator
March 1, 2010 By John Wojcik
The AFL-CIO will reportedly put "everything we've got" into a primary election challenge against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a Blue Dog Democrat described as "just terrible for working people."
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Labor

‘We will not be denied,’ top labor leader says
March 1, 2010 By John Wojcik
As nation's labor leaders meet, AFL-CIO's Arlene Holt Baker says, "We will not lower our expectations, because the American people are not lowering theirs."
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U.S.

Protests blanket nation as health summit opens
February 25, 2010 By John Wojcik
CHICAGO - 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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U.S.

GOP wall of resistance shows cracks on jobs bill
February 23, 2010 By John Wojcik
Five 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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U.S.

Obama rolls out health care plan, moves to block rate hikes
February 22, 2010 By John Wojcik
As 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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Labor

Federal labor law regulator hits GOP on filibuster
February 19, 2010 By John Wojcik
The 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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