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

The Champ’s greatest battle: The fight for peace
June 6, 2016 By John Wojcik
I would like to take this opportunity to put in a word for what I think was Muhammad Ali's greatest fight of all - his relentless fight for peace.
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U.S.

“Lynching” conviction of Black Lives Matter leader seen as crushing dissent
June 2, 2016 By Earchiel Johnson And John Wojcik
A young African American political activist is trembling today at the thought of having to face as many as four years in prison.
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Labor

Thousands out on the picket lines at Chicago schools today
April 1, 2016 By Earchiel Johnson And John Wojcik
Teachers picketed outside all of the public schools in Chicago's Hyde Park section this morning.
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Labor

Teachers lead wave of strikes and job actions in Chicago
March 31, 2016 By John Wojcik
April 1 is likely to go down in history as unions and community organizations representing people from all walks of life stage strikes and actions from one end of the city to the other.
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Labor

Unions spared, for now, in split Supreme Court Friedrichs ruling
March 29, 2016 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Today, the Supreme Court, by way of an equally divided ruling, ended the fiercest legal attack on the labor movement in decades.
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Labor

Labor tackles the problem of union members voting for Trump
March 2, 2016 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
"Without a countervailing pull of authentic engagement, the appeal of right wing rhetoric will continue."
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Labor

Unions pulling support from pro-TPP Democratic lawmakers
February 24, 2016 By John Wojcik
"It's a question of, 'do you have a Democrat who votes like a Republican or a Republican who votes like a Republican."
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Labor

Some 23 unions announce support for Clinton
February 22, 2016 By John Wojcik
"Secretary Clinton has proven herself as a fighter and champion working people and their families need in the White House."
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