John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Labor
Walmart workers begin Thanksgiving and Black Friday strikes with fasting
November 24, 2015Angry 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, 2015The 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"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, 2015Trump declared, "I consider climate change to be not one of our big problems. I think it's the weather."
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A year later, some change in Ferguson but none whatsoever at Fox News
August 11, 2015Fox 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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U.S.
GOP hopefuls insult workers, women, African Americans, and seniors
August 7, 2015The GOP presidential candidates insulted groups of people including workers, women, and minorities; the America on display last night was a scary one indeed.
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Labor
AFL-CIO to hold regular talks on racism beginning in September
July 30, 2015"Since the death of Trayvon Martin, the AFL-CIO has worked to open a constructive dialogue around the role of race."
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Labor
AFL-CIO leaders push presidential candidates on labor’s Raising Wages Agenda
July 30, 2015"It's a sign of the times and how important the fight is that five major presidential candidates would come here in a 24-hour period."
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