John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Supreme Court rules against affirmative action
June 30, 2009The Supreme Court today ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, overturning a decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. In a blow to affirmative action the...
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Obama pushes health care overhaul
June 24, 2009At a news conference Tuesday at the White House President Barack Obama called for the creation of a national health care system that would cover the 47 million now without insurance, a clean energy economy, and...
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Progressives in Washington have wind at their backs
June 3, 2009WASHINGTON — Thousands of progressive leaders and activists who have descended on this town this week for the America’s Future Now conference are having to adjust to something new. A delegate who has been coming to...
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Ronald Reagan reaches out from his grave, ties up National Labor Relations Board
May 9, 2009The “Gipper” apparently knew what he was doing when he stacked the federal courts with young right-wing lawyers back in the 1980s. The now old right-wing judges are still on their benches and are busy, these...
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New NLRB chief sees a future where workers rights top the agenda
February 28, 2009For years, as a member of the National labor Relations Board, she spoke out against the Bush-appointed majority on that board. For years she felt frustration over how, in ruling after ruling, that board interpreted key...
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Eddie Carthan and the struggle for Black empowerment in the Deep South
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To help economy recover, join a union
January 31, 2009Rise in union membership reported The Labor Department reported Jan. 29 that the number of union members increased by 428,000 in 2008, hiking the total increase in union membership to 750,000 in the last two years.
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House passes two major working family bills: Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act
January 12, 2009Lilly Ledbetter says she knows she’ll never recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars she lost from her paychecks because of nearly 20 years of pay discrimination.
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