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

Unions confront insurers as they plot to block reform
October 24, 2009 By John Wojcik
Insurance company CEOs meeting in Washington Oct. 22 hid from 600 angry trade unionists who tried to get them to listen to people victimized by their companies.
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Labor

Labor: ‘It’s jobs, not the deficit, stupid!’
October 23, 2009 By John Wojcik
"The need for massive job creation should trump fear of large federal budget deficits expressed in opinion polls," declared a top AFL-CIO analyst this week.
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Labor

Afraid no more: Domestic workers fight back
October 22, 2009 By John Wojcik
She became the child's nanny when the little girl was 18 months old. For the next seven years she nurtured and guided the girl through all the typical milestones of childhood - growing out of and...
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Labor

Support the union label on Halloween
October 22, 2009 By John Wojcik
“When those little ghosts and goblins come collecting on Halloween,” a leading labor journalist declared on Oct. 21, “make sure you have a full supply of union made goodies to hand out.”
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Labor

Nurses ready to strike over swine flu safety
October 21, 2009 By John Wojcik
“When nurses are exposed to tuberculosis, the hospital notifies us. When nurses are exposed to head lice, the hospital notifies us. Why then are we not told when we are exposed to H1N1? Staff need to...
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U.S.

U.S. halts prosecutions for use of medical marijuana
October 20, 2009 By John Wojcik
The Department of Justice yesterday ordered its lawyers to cease prosecution of people who use or prescribe medical marijuana in states that have legalized the drug for that purpose.
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Labor

Labor coalition pushes for financial reform
October 20, 2009 By John Wojcik
Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of almost all the nation’s unions and more than 200 other organizations, is stepping up efforts this week to push for strong re-regulation of the finance industry.
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U.S.

Labor slams ‘deeply flawed’ Finance health bill
October 15, 2009 By John Wojcik
The labor movement will oppose any health reform bill that does not correct the "deeply flawed" version approved by the Senate Finance Committee.
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