John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Labor
Labor’s house opens door wide: Let’s work together
September 10, 2013Envisioning 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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Ethiopian immigrant Tefere Gebre shakes up labor organizing
September 10, 2013Gebre'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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As matter of survival, unions double down on diversity
September 9, 2013The 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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Durazo: Labor must fight for all who work
September 6, 2013LOS 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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Domestic workers come out of shadows, into labor movement
September 6, 2013LOS 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 Day 2013: Unions determined to remake themselves
September 2, 2013As Labor Day 2013 approaches unions in America are re-assessing themselves in a way they never have before.
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Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote
August 13, 2013By 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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Thousands shut down Chicago streets at ALEC meeting
August 9, 2013The demonstrators say ALEC is hurting just about everyone in America who is not part of the top one percent.
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