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

U.S.

Durazo: Labor must fight for all who work
September 6, 2013 By Rossana Cambron And John Wojcik
LOS ANGELES - In a speech to labor journalists here Sept. 6, one of the nation's most powerful union leaders made the case for building a union movement very different from the one that exists in...
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Labor

Domestic workers come out of shadows, into labor movement
September 6, 2013 By John Wojcik
LOS ANGELES - Maria says she began working for an elderly woman, cleaning her house and preparing her meal, but the duties soon increased yet her wages didn't.
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Labor

Labor Day 2013: Unions determined to remake themselves
September 2, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
As Labor Day 2013 approaches unions in America are re-assessing themselves in a way they never have before.
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U.S.

Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote
August 13, 2013 By John Wojcik
By signing the new law, the Republican governor replaced one of the best voting laws in the country with one that is arguably now the worst.
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U.S.

Thousands shut down Chicago streets at ALEC meeting
August 9, 2013 By John Wojcik
The demonstrators say ALEC is hurting just about everyone in America who is not part of the top one percent.
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U.S.

Documents expose new ALEC scheme to kill clean energy
August 8, 2013 By John Wojcik
"It is clear ALEC is working in secret to push state policies in an extreme right direction, but working families are standing up to this agenda."
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U.S.

Mass arrests at immigration protest spur coalition to remake America
August 2, 2013 By John Wojcik
In a jail cell in the nation's capital, top leaders of 40 powerful labor/progressive groups found they had plenty of time to hash out plans for essentially remaking America.
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Labor

Senate confirms all five Obama picks for NLRB
July 31, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Bringing to an end years of right-wing obstruction and delay, the Senate yesterday filled all five NLRB seats with permanent members.
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