John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Trumka says Colombia example exposes problems with trade deals
April 8, 2015"Investors and companies have received benefits," Trumka said, "while workers have not, this has to change."
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Workers call McDonald’s hourly wage raise a PR gimmick
April 2, 2015"It's a PR stunt, and that stunt isn't going to pay my gas bill this month, or get my landlord off my back."
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Young unionist at Next Up Summit takes aim at student debt
March 26, 2015"We have a student debt amount that is more than what the government spends in a year on all its programs put together."
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Oil workers continue strike against BP despite tentative settlement
March 20, 2015"We will continue the strike until we get a fair contract and a safer workplace."
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America’s labor movement: Time for a new track on trade policy
February 26, 2015"As a teacher I've always placed a premium on what we know, and what we know is that there hasn't been a trade deal yet that benefitted the American people."
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Nurses welcome veto of Keystone XL bill
February 25, 2015"The miniscule number of jobs it would create are far outweighed by the enormous damage that this project creates to our health and in accelerating the climate crisis."
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Speaking for millions, union leaders declare “it’s our turn”
February 25, 2015A group of the nation's top union leaders, looking dead serious, filed silently in and up to the front of the press room at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
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Union not surprised by flare-up at Whiting, Ind. BP plant
February 24, 2015"We refuse to accept that fires, explosions, and working people to exhaustion are just the cost of doing this business -- these are all things that we can control."
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