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

Trump may be hiding much more than collusion on election interference
May 15, 2017 By John Wojcik
Trump is more worried about protecting his billions than he is about hiding Russian involvement in the elections.
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U.S.

Comey’s firing: Trump’s attacks on democracy bring America to the brink
May 10, 2017 By John Wojcik
“The administration is systematically attacking all of the institutions that are meant to put a check on the power of the president.”
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Politics

Trump-Ryan failure a big win for the American people
March 27, 2017 By Larry Rubin And John Wojcik
Polls show that Americans believe the federal government has a responsibility to provide health care for all.
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Labor

Labor leaders grapple with how to halt the Trump agenda
March 20, 2017 By John Wojcik
"It was a mistake for the Democrats to not nominate Bernie Sanders, who could bring together not just the left, but the center and even some on the right."
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Labor

Building trades president expects Trump to keep his word on infrastructure
March 15, 2017 By John Wojcik
McGarvey did not say, however, that all of the tens of thousands of jobs such a program would create would be union jobs.
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Labor

Top AFL-CIO officer: Unions are never backing down on immigrant rights
March 13, 2017 By John Wojcik
"America’s labor movement is never backing down, not an inch, on its commitment to full immigrant rights in this country."
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Opinion

Could a dangerous campaign against Russia spin out of control?
December 29, 2016 By John Wojcik
A fire that threatens to burn out of control is modern-day Russophobia that seeks to blame “the Russians” for many of the problems we face here at home and abroad.
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Letters to the Editor

Letter FROM the editor: Help People’s World fight Trump in 2017
December 19, 2016 By John Wojcik
You and the PW will be side-by-side in 2017 in the resistance against the Trump policies and the assault on democracy and truth.
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