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

Many hoping for pro-worker State of the Union
January 23, 2014 By John Wojcik
President Obama is expected to call for an increase in the minimum wage to $10.00 an hour during next Tuesday's State of the Union address.
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Labor

First Energy: Locks out workers, blacks out customers
January 14, 2014 By John Wojcik
It was just after sunrise only three days before Thanksgiving, that security guards clamped locks on the gates at FirstEnergy in central Pennsylvania, barring 150 workers from their jobs.
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U.S.

Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing
January 14, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.
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Labor

Today in labor history: Tompkins Square Riot
January 13, 2014 By John Wojcik
The NYC police, on Jan. 13, 1874, overran a demonstration by thousands of unemployed in Tompkins Square Park in the neighborhood now called the East Village.
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U.S.

Jobless rate drops because 525,000 stop searching
January 10, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
The unemployment rate ended up at 6.7 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 0.3 percent but only because more than half a million people stopped looking for work altogether,...
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U.S.

Yellen confirmed as Federal Reserve chief
January 7, 2014 By John Wojcik
"We applaud President Obama and the Senate for making sure the most talented and experienced person takes over," said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
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Labor

2013: Year of the bold new labor movement
December 20, 2013 By John Wojcik
This year organized labor joined with community, civil rights and other organizations and, together, they fashioned themselves into a new movement.
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Labor

Amazon workers battle their bosses in Seattle and Germany
December 16, 2013 By John Wojcik
Thus far, Amazon's anti-union bias has thwarted any attempts by its U.S. warehouse workers to have a union.
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