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.

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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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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