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

Call for stronger labor law first for Obama on national television
January 22, 2015 By John Wojcik
Obama, for the first time since he took office six years ago, used his State of the Union Speech last Tuesday to call for new, tougher labor laws to protect worker's rights.
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U.S.

President Obama goes on offense in State of the Union
January 21, 2015 By John Wojcik
An upbeat and forceful President Obama signaled he intends to use the rest of his second term to push for a progressive agenda on behalf of the nation's working people.
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Labor

Labor expects bold action from Obama tonight on overtime pay
January 20, 2015 By John Wojcik
Overtime pay has increasingly moved to the top of labor's agenda because millions of workers are working overtime and not getting paid for it.
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Labor

Raising wages agenda rolled out at AFL-CIO summit
January 8, 2015 By John Wojcik
The nation's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, rolled out here today its first- ever Raising Wages agenda.
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Labor

Even with master’s degree, wages are dismal
January 7, 2015 By John Wojcik
Many of the people gathering in Washington this morning at the first-ever AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages didn't have an easy time getting here.
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U.S.

GOP Congress aims dagger at Social Security
January 7, 2015 By John Wojcik
On its first day of business here the GOP-run House launched what could end up as the most serious attack yet on Social Security.
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U.S.

Unions and allies converge on D.C. to raise wages
January 6, 2015 By John Wojcik
The nation is about to see the roll-out of a dramatic effort more diverse than any wage campaign in American history.
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U.S.

Inside story on how one little city slew an oil dragon
December 16, 2014 By John Wojcik
A dragon by the name of Chevron, breathing a fire fueled by Citizens United and $3.1 million in cash, succumbed to the people of the tiny city of Richmond, California.
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