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

Opinion

More than regrets needed after D.C. shooting
September 18, 2013 By John Wojcik
A number of things came together to contribute to this latest mass shooting; many of those factors must be dealt with, and soon.
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Labor

“Mr. Clean” gives guest workers a dirty deal
September 17, 2013 By Rossana Cambron And John Wojcik
America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they...
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Labor

AFL-CIO crafts compromise to prevent dumping of health care law
September 16, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said that labor's attempt to reach out to every worker in the country was going to require effort on the part of unions.
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Labor

Iraqi union leader: “War not over for our workers”
September 12, 2013 By John Wojcik
Hassan Juma'a Awad, president of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, was a guest at the AFL-CIO's convention where he spoke at an event organized by U.S. Labor Against the War.
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Labor

Labor opens house to all U.S. workers
September 12, 2013 By John Wojcik
Resolution 5: "The AFL-CIO hereby invites every worker in the United States to join the labor movement either through an affiliate or through Working America."
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Labor

Labor’s house opens door wide: Let’s work together
September 10, 2013 By John Wojcik
Envisioning a common cause coalition powerful enough to defeat the stranglehold of "entrenched corporate interests," Richard Trumka announced an agenda that would include many democratic goals.
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Labor

Ethiopian immigrant Tefere Gebre shakes up labor organizing
September 10, 2013 By John Wojcik
Gebre's first attempt at union organizing in Orange County was a smashing success. He successfully signed up 400 workers who toiled as sorters of trash.
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Labor

As matter of survival, unions double down on diversity
September 9, 2013 By John Wojcik
The 50-plus unions of the AFL-CIO redoubled its efforts to diversify its ranks and leadership with more women, workers of color, LGBT and young workers.
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