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

Opinion

China calls for cooperation rather than blame on COVID-19
April 30, 2020 By John Wojcik
Leaked GOP memo shows Republicans to use attacks on China to deflect from their failures regarding pandemic control.
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U.S.

Sioux Falls Smithfield disaster reflects ongoing national battle
April 23, 2020 By John Wojcik
Local AFL-CIO leader: "We all want to go back to work but to a workplace different from the one we left behind.”
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Politics

Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals
April 21, 2020 By John Wojcik
The Facebook groups, which have hundreds of thousands of members, are being used to organize “spontaneous” demonstrations.
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U.S.

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak
April 17, 2020 By John Wojcik
Refusing to issue a stay-at-home order after 700 infections at a Smithfield meat plant spread like wildfire into Sioux Falls, she says the people “just have to tough this out.”
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Politics

At height of pandemic, Trump halts funds for WHO
April 15, 2020 By John Wojcik
Trump accused the global health agency of making precisely the mistakes and missteps that his own administration has actually committed.
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U.S.

Trump, pushing for May 1 “re-opening,” attacks Dr. Fauci
April 13, 2020 By John Wojcik
On Easter weekend, he blames China, the World Health Organization, Obama, governors, Congress, Democrats, and the media for his disastrous handling of coronavirus crisis.
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Labor

CDC joins Wall Street push to weaken social distancing guidelines
April 10, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

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U.S.

Medicare for All – If not now, when?
April 8, 2020 By John Wojcik
The new reality ushered in by the coronavirus makes ideas that were once considered “radical’ into things that are now absolute necessities.
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