John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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“America Wants to Work” kicks off this week
August 31, 2011The AFL-CIO and its allies will spend weeks organizing an "America Wants to Work" campaign to focus on what they see as the nation's real crisis: jobs.
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Workers say King’s dream not yet realized
August 29, 2011A panhandler in New York's subways had worked for years as a union painter and carpenter before he was reduced, by job cuts, to begging for a living.
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Hurricane forecast moves closer to home for millions
August 25, 2011Republican Gov. Chris Christie, notorious for his insistence that the federal government stay out of New Jersey, is already demanding federal aid.
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Unions reject Verizon bravado regarding end of strike
August 24, 2011Verizon workers have rejected claims by the company that their return to work marks a victory for the company.
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Labor to campaign for Obama in 2012
August 22, 2011Organized labor will not allow a Republican to win the presidency, Michael Podherzer, the AFL-CIO's political director said.
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Pressure grows on sugar company to end lockout
August 18, 2011The East Grand Forks, Minn., city council voted unanimously to send a letter urging American Crystal Sugar to return to negotiations with its locked-out workers.
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Ohio governor backtracks on union stripping bill
August 18, 2011Unions say that the historic petition drive and a late July Quinnipiac poll showing voters favoring repeal are likely explanations.
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Verizon threatens strikers with health care cutoff
August 18, 2011Workers this week will miss their first paycheck as result of the strike, now in its 11th day. Pension and disability benefits were suspended as the strike began.
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