John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Recalling the Holocaust
April 12, 2010It was 65 years ago that hundreds of concentration camps across eastern Europe were liberated.
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Kyrgyzstan: A “free market” disaster
April 9, 2010The convulsions in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan have a lot less to do with the yearning for democracy there than they do with the aftermath of the World Trade Organization's forced "liberalization" of its...
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White House to fight attempts to weaken finance reform
April 8, 2010Deputy Treasury Secretary Neil Wolin declared yesterday that "the administration will oppose efforts to provide exemptions for certain kinds of lenders."
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Major jobs bill faces GOP filibuster vow
April 7, 2010A day after Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., vowed to block all future jobs bills, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called on members of Congress to co-sponsor the Local Jobs for America Act.
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Arkansas primary becomes test for labor
April 6, 2010The labor movement has become a force to be reckoned with in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary.
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Finance reform can spur job creation
April 5, 2010The nation's labor movement is on target with its point that the risky practices on Wall Street were behind the destruction of 11 million jobs in America.
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March jobs not enough to reduce unemployment rate
April 2, 2010This morning's release of the government employment report showed 162,000 payroll jobs gained in March, the largest jump in three years.
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A call for justice in the tobacco fields
April 1, 2010Tobacco workers joined by supporters from organized labor and community organizations, marched through the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina yesterday.
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