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, as a member of a UFCW contract negotiating committee, and as an activist in the union's campaign to win public support for Wal-Mart workers. 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

Politics

Chicago adopts plan for increased community control of the police
July 23, 2021 By John Wojcik
Seen as a major victory for those who link safe streets to community control of law enforcement.
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U.S.

Texas Dems stop GOP repression for now by fleeing to D.C.
July 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
The eyes of the nation are upon them as they turn up the heat on Republicans and on Democratic senators protecting the filibuster.
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Opinion

Six months after Trump coup, FBI investigation severely lacking
July 6, 2021 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
The probe, led by an FBI that itself helped cause the disaster, has resulted in only one sentence of community service.
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Politics

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues the Jan. 6 insurrection
July 2, 2021 By John Wojcik
Other GOP governors back unprecedented deployment of her state’s National Guard as private mercenaries on the U.S-Mexico border.
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News

Supreme Court guts what’s left of the Voting Rights Act
July 1, 2021 By John Wojcik
In a 6-3 ruling, it upholds two racist Arizona voting laws; activists say they are not giving up the fight.
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Labor

How the Smithfield workers of Sioux Falls stood up and won
June 29, 2021 By John Wojcik
Unafraid of a company that cruelly exploited them during the pandemic, they saved their healthcare and won a pay raise.
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Politics

Adams takes tentative lead in NYC primary count; Wiley not out yet
June 24, 2021 By John Wojcik
When ranked-choice voting system runs its course by July, the city could have its first woman or its second African American mayor.
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Labor

Republican filibuster is only the beginning of epic voting rights battle
June 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Voter uprising against GOP intensifies as the party of “no” refuses to even debate the biggest civil rights bill of our era.
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