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

U.S.

What’s behind the widening of our waistlines?
September 1, 2009 By John Wojcik
Love handles and bulging waistlines are a big problem in America that can only be solved, a growing number of politicians are telling us, with some hefty “fat taxes.”
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U.S.

Hospitals still unprepared for swine flu
September 1, 2009 By John Wojcik
A survey of 190 American hospitals compiled by nurses in eight different states shows that hospitals across the nation are not ready for the coming H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. The findings were released this week by...
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Labor

LA car wash workers score NLRB victory
August 27, 2009 By John Wojcik
Los Angeles car wash workers fired recently for union activity won more than $50,000 in back pay today in a formal settlement of their National Labor Relations Board complaint against Vermont Hand Wash, a notorious anti-worker...
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U.S.

Working class mourns the loss of its ‘lion’: Ted Kennedy
August 26, 2009 By John Wojcik
Millions of working-class families are feeling an emptiness today that they know they will have to struggle hard to fill. Sen. Edward Kennedy's death creates that emptiness because throughout his political life he had a single-minded...
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U.S.

Labor leader to head New York Fed
August 26, 2009 By John Wojcik
The Federal Reserve has for so long been thought of as the guarantor of what’s good for big business that news out of New York yesterday came as a big surprise to many in labor and...
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U.S.

As reports of compromise appear, push grows for public option
August 18, 2009 By John Wojcik
As President Obama continues his push for comprehensive health care reform and as reports emerge about “compromises” designed to win backing from Senate Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans, Health Care for America Now, a huge national...
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U.S.

Health care drive in high gear
July 9, 2009 By John Wojcik
Major hospital associations, pledging to save more than $150 billion over 10 years, were the latest big industry group to jump aboard what has become the Health Care Express. Meeting with Vice President Biden today, they...
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U.S.

Supreme Court rules against affirmative action
June 30, 2009 By John Wojcik
The 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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