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

Labor

Labor leaders say unions will unite behind one candidate in 2016
February 21, 2016 By John Wojcik
The federation is holding off on an endorsement at this time while some of its unions work for Clinton and others for Sanders.
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Labor

AFL-CIO holding off on presidential endorsement
February 18, 2016 By John Wojcik
However, major unions that are part of the federation have already endorsed Clinton while others have come out for Sanders.
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U.S.

Shady bond deals at root of Chicago school funding crisis
February 11, 2016 By John Wojcik And Roberta Wood
Over a billion dollars of taxpayer money will be diverted from Chicago's school children to high interest loan payments to bankers over the next three decades.
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Labor

Walmart workers begin Thanksgiving and Black Friday strikes with fasting
November 24, 2015 By John Wojcik And Estevan Bassett-Nembhard
Angry about having to go to food pantries to feed their families, Walmart workers across the country are fasting during the days leading up to Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
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Labor

Bernie Sanders introduces major labor law reform bill
October 7, 2015 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
The bill allows workers to unionize through a simple majority card-check vote and ensures that companies can't stop a union from forming by denying a first contract.
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Labor

Fed up with “Walmart wages,” Alabama auto parts plant goes union
September 28, 2015 By John Wojcik
"Jobs in the auto industry helped build America's middle class, but today they are adding to the nation's low-wage crisis."
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U.S.

Trump: Climate change is “not a big problem at all”
September 17, 2015 By John Wojcik
Trump declared, "I consider climate change to be not one of our big problems. I think it's the weather."
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U.S.

A year later, some change in Ferguson but none whatsoever at Fox News
August 11, 2015 By John Wojcik
Fox News coverage of this week's events failed to place anything in context and amounted to a full-fledged attempt to stoke the flames of racism and violence.
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