John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Finally, a new hospital rises in post-Katrina St. Bernard
July 26, 2011The slowness to rebuild the health care system served the interests of those seeking to permanently remove poor people and many working families from the area, union leaders and others here say. Unions have taken up...
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On the Gulf, bipartisan backing for federal money, and unions
July 25, 2011The enormous tasks of rebuilding after Katrina also has at least one local Republican siding with the unions.
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Louisiana workers say union jobs break down barriers
July 21, 2011The bosses don't want lots of union workers because they tend to break down the racial divide that has slowed progress in this part of the country ever since the end of the Civil War.
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Hospital ruins stir Katrina memories and call to battle
July 19, 2011The windowless ruins of Charity Hospital stand today as both a haunting reminder of horrors past and a call to arms for those joining the battle for a restored health care system.
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Union means everything on New Orleans docks
July 18, 2011As they operate the cranes and forklifts at this famous port, workers here say they are 100 percent behind the fight for union rights being waged across the country.
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On the Bayou, BP oil spill hasn’t gone away
July 15, 2011Eric Guzman carries himself like any healthy 35-year-old, but his eyes tell you he's been through what only someone much older would normally have experienced.
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Shipyard workers see chance to save their jobs
July 14, 2011Workers, unions, community groups, small businesses and others in the fight to save 5,000 jobs at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans are feeling better now about the possibility of a victory.
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On Danziger Bridge cops shot first, covered up later
July 13, 2011New Orleans police are charged with covering up the deadly shootings of innocent people on the Danziger Bridge as they were on their way to search for food days after Hurricane Katrina had laid waste to...
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