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 and a member of a UFCW contract negotiating committee. 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

Labor

Labor leaders say from now on union organizing will be different
July 31, 2014 By John Wojcik
America's union leaders and the workers they represent are not going to take it anymore; they are determined to fight the attacks on labor.
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Labor

Postal workers and supporters rally to save the mail
July 23, 2014 By John Wojcik And Beatrice Lumpkin
Chants of "U.S. mail is not for sale" echoed through the canyons of Chicago's downtown skyscrapers as thousands of union postal workers, teachers and other supporters rallied
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Labor

AFSCME helping 12,000 Chicago cab drivers unionize
July 17, 2014 By John Wojcik
Over 1,000 delegates to the 41st AFSCME International Convention told the 12,000 cab drivers of this city who are trying to unionize that they are not alone.
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Labor

AFSCME grows by 90,000 since January
July 15, 2014 By John Wojcik
The union sees its successful organizing campaign as a clear indication that face-to-face organizing is the proper response to what has been an onslaught of attacks on public service workers.
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Labor

UAW officially charters new union local at Chattanooga Volkswagen
July 11, 2014 By John Wojcik
Company assurance to the union notwithstanding, the UAW still has to deal with rightwing politicians in Tennessee who don't want to see any unions in their state.
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Labor

Union to be put in place at VW Chattanooga plant after all
July 10, 2014 By John Wojcik
It was announced here today by the United Auto Workers union and Volkswagen employees that the UAW will begin representing workers at the plant in Chattanooga.
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U.S.

Labor movement demands immediate relief for 11 million immigrants
July 10, 2014 By John Wojcik
The AFL-CIO has demanded that President Obama take administrative action to remove the threat of deportation hanging over some 11 million immigrants.
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U.S.

Supreme Court makes it tougher for women to exercise choice
July 1, 2014 By John Wojcik
The Massachusetts policy aimed to protect women as they accessed reproductive health care against a backdrop of harassment and even physical attacks from anti-choice protesters.
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