John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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New Study: Romney tax plan would kill 800,000 jobs
July 17, 2012Mitt Romney's tax plan would reward companies for exporting more U.S. jobs as well as encouraging the firms to duck taxes.
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Top labor leader: November election most important in 80 years
July 17, 2012In a speech in Homestead, Pa., Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers, declared that corporate money in politics threatens to overwhelm the voice of labor unions.
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Janitors strike in Houston spreads to eight cities
July 16, 2012Tomorrow the Houston janitors' strike, now in its second week, will spread to eight cities across the country. The strike has garnered significant national support.
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Grocery prices soar as drought intensifies
July 16, 2012One hundred miles south of the Aldi's supermarket last Saturday, as far as you could see in the cornfields, the plants were wilting under a blazing sun.
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Massive labor rights rally planned for Aug. 11 in Philly
July 13, 2012A "Second Bill of Rights" will be unveiled at the unprecedented event, which is expected to have a major impact on the 2012 elections.
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AFL-CIO, Change to Win, go to bat for gay marriage
July 12, 2012The nation's two largest labor federations filed a brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold a ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional.
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Houston janitors’ strike may spread to other cities
July 11, 2012Janitors all over this town, most of whom earn less than $9,000 per year, walked off their jobs yesterday in a strike.
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Romney confronted in the air, on land, and at sea!
July 9, 2012Nearly 100 demonstrators - with air support from a plane flying a banner - protested Mitt Romney's big fundraiser yesterday.
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