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 demands global justice
September 20, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH - As the AFL-CIO wrapped up its 26th Convention here and world leaders got ready for the G-20 summit next week, U.S. and international trade unionists are demanding a new global economy that is fair...
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On EFCA, Specter changes views…constantly
September 19, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH -- Before the first full day session of the 26th AFL-CIO convention opened here last Monday the federation's officers met privately with a group of reporters who asked them about reports that Sen. Arlen Specter,...
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Two of top three posts go to women in AFL-CIO election
September 19, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH -- In a session packed with emotion, delegates to the 26th AFL-CIO Convention yesterday elected a historic leadership team. Two women, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker join the new president,...
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Unite-Here rejoins AFL-CIO
September 19, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH — The last day of the AFL-CIO Convention opened on a high note as newly elected federation President Richard Trumka announced that Unite-Here is re-affiliating with the federation. The 250,000 member Unite-Here was one of...
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A building trades union re-invents itself
September 19, 2009 By John Wojcik
It was lunchtime at the 26th Convention of the AFL-CIO here yesterday and the painters, like everyone else were hungry. They had a makeshift “lunch room” off the convention floor near where labor journalists had their...
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Obama raises the roof at labor convention in Pittsburgh
September 18, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH– As President Obama walked to the podium to address the AFL-CIO convention it felt like a prolonged earth tremor had begun. Three thousand people jumped to their feet and began almost five solid minutes of...
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Labor movement ‘fired up’ in Pittsburgh
September 18, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH – Fourteen hour days, five hours of sleep maximum, grabbing a bite of fast food only now and then – it's no problem, so far, for 3,000 delegates, guests and supporters well into their second...
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A labor convention like no others opens in Pittsburgh
September 18, 2009 By John Wojcik
PITTSBURGH - A labor convention different in more ways than one from any prior gathering of the labor movement in U.S. history opened here yesterday.
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