John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Trumka singles out fight against racism as key to raising wages
February 23, 2015"Racism and dog whistle politics is being used to keep us all divided, and that division holds back our ability to win wage increases and improve our standard of living."
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Citizens United enabling Koch brothers to take over America?
January 27, 2015Today two billionaire brothers are able to decide the results of elections throughout the country.
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Call for stronger labor law first for Obama on national television
January 22, 2015Obama, for the first time since he took office six years ago, used his State of the Union Speech last Tuesday to call for new, tougher labor laws to protect worker's rights.
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President Obama goes on offense in State of the Union
January 21, 2015An upbeat and forceful President Obama signaled he intends to use the rest of his second term to push for a progressive agenda on behalf of the nation's working people.
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Labor expects bold action from Obama tonight on overtime pay
January 20, 2015Overtime pay has increasingly moved to the top of labor's agenda because millions of workers are working overtime and not getting paid for it.
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Raising wages agenda rolled out at AFL-CIO summit
January 8, 2015The nation's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, rolled out here today its first- ever Raising Wages agenda.
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Even with master’s degree, wages are dismal
January 7, 2015Many of the people gathering in Washington this morning at the first-ever AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages didn't have an easy time getting here.
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GOP Congress aims dagger at Social Security
January 7, 2015On its first day of business here the GOP-run House launched what could end up as the most serious attack yet on Social Security.
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