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.

Obama picks full-employment advocate Yellen to head Federal Reserve
October 9, 2013 By John Wojcik
President Obama has nominated Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve vice chair, to run the Federal Reserve, the most important central bank in the world.
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Labor

Report: Nissan in Mississippi is violating international labor law
October 8, 2013 By John Wojcik
The company is in violation of the standards on freedom of association, the report notes, because of Nissan's "aggressive interference" with workers attempting to exercise their fundamental right to organize a union.
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U.S.

Top pollster says Americans will punish Republicans for shutdown
October 2, 2013 By John Wojcik
"When all is said and done, the most telling thing that people will remember is that at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the Republicans shut down the government."
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U.S.

Shutdown curtails search for missing Idaho woman
October 2, 2013 By John Wojcik
The government shutdown halted a search for a missing Boise hiker as park staff were forced to stop searching and go home.
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U.S.

Republicans plunge nation into government shutdown
October 1, 2013 By John Wojcik
"Repeal the job-killing sequester," Richard Trumka declared. "Protect food aid for the poor. And create jobs and raise hundreds of billions of dollars to invest in our future by ending tax subsidies for outsourcing."
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U.S.

Nation braces for government shutdown
September 27, 2013 By John Wojcik
At least 800,000 of the nation's 2.1 million federal workers will be required to stay home Tuesday if the government shuts down as a result of Republican grandstanding.
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U.S.

Reckless Republicans push closer to a government shutdown
September 26, 2013 By John Wojcik
The chances of avoiding a goverment shutdown in five days are becoming slimmer and slimmer, and the union AFGE is in full mobilization mode against it.
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Opinion

Tea party’s shutdown showdown could crash the economy
September 24, 2013 By John Wojcik
Republican obstructionists have prevented any agreement, so cuts are in effect and have already damaged health, nutrition, education, public safety and many other programs.
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