John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Ferguson community struggles for justice, unity and peace
August 18, 2014"Due to huge turnout, it took me hours to travel the two miles from my home to the site of a rally in a packed church Sunday, a day of healing, a day of looking for...
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Across the country: Peaceful protests against police killing in Ferguson
August 15, 2014Everywhere the message was the same: There is no excuse in the United States of America for rifles and heavy weaponry to be aimed at people exercising their right to peaceful protest.
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Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests
August 14, 2014President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."
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Norman Hodgett, 82: Fighter for peace, economic justice, and equality
August 13, 2014Activists are mourning the loss of Norman Hodgett, who died in New York August 9. He leaves behind his beloved Kathy Rutkowsky and countless friends and comrades.
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AFL-CIO leaders: GOP suing Obama to conceal its non-agenda
August 1, 2014Republican House Speaker Boehner is pushing a lawsuit against Obama to deflect attention from the fact that there are unmet needs in this country and his party has no agenda.
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Labor rolls out its plan to defeat GOP in November
July 31, 2014"You know what our problem is," said the federation's political action director, Lee Saunders, "It's turnout. We have prioritized the election races and we have to get our people out."
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Labor leaders say from now on union organizing will be different
July 31, 2014America's union leaders and the workers they represent are not going to take it anymore; they are determined to fight the attacks on labor.
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Postal workers and supporters rally to save the mail
July 23, 2014Chants of "U.S. mail is not for sale" echoed through the canyons of Chicago's downtown skyscrapers as thousands of union postal workers, teachers and other supporters rallied
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