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

Labor weighs its next move in the health care battle
December 17, 2009 By John Wojcik
A clear position on the latest Senate compromises did not emerge from closed-door meetings of the nation's labor leaders last night, but labor remains determined.
Read more
Labor

House to pass jobs bill
December 16, 2009 By John Wojcik
While AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, in a live webcast yesterday, answered questions about the jobs crisis from workers all over the country, Democratic leaders announced a jobs bill.
Read more
U.S.

Lieberman says he’ll filibuster Medicare buy-in
December 14, 2009 By John Wojcik
Democrats in the Senate who thought they had a compromise progressives and "centrists" could both support learned this weekend that independent Sen. Joe Lieberman can be counted on to do just about anything to sabotage health...
Read more
Labor

Workers hit tax on ‘Cadillac’ health plans, ‘You are taxing Chevrolets!’
December 11, 2009 By John Wojcik
Workers, union members and lawmakers rallied in the nation's capital yesterday in support of health care reform but against funding it with a new tax on health benefits.
Read more
U.S.

Liberals, centrists praise tentative health reform deal
December 10, 2009 By John Wojcik
Health care reform advocates in Congress and some who have been resisting reform say the reported Senate compromise puts substantive health care reform within reach.
Read more
Labor

Obama presses jobless aid, job creation
December 9, 2009 By John Wojcik
Restoring job growth and returning people to work is a top White House priority, President Obama said in a major speech yesterday.
Read more
Labor

Union fights move by auto giants to slash jobs
December 8, 2009 By John Wojcik
Earlier this year General Motors and Chrysler took billions in federal loan guarantees in exchange for a promise to keep workers employed here in America.
Read more
Labor

Jobs: The time for talk is over
December 7, 2009 By John Wojcik
For the last three months this newspaper has covered jobs conferences, jobs seminars and job creation think tank gatherings too numerous to count.
Read more