John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Labor
Workers to Hyatt: Put housekeeper on board of directors
March 20, 2013Housekeepers will convene here tonight to nominate one of their own to sit on the hotel's board of directors.
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U.S.
New Ryan budget: “A zombie he won’t let die”
March 13, 2013The GOP plan gives even more tax breaks to the rich, higher subsidies to companies that ship jobs overseas, and bigger tax cuts to corporations.
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World
Church faces big choices as cardinals pick a new pope
March 12, 2013The cardinals have assembled in Rome to begin choosing the next pope.
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Labor
Chicago unions go to bat for immigration reform
March 8, 2013Chicago's labor movement turned out in force yesterday to declare support for immediate reform of immigration law.
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Labor
Unions go public with intent to overhaul their own structure
March 8, 2013The AFL-CIO will probe new ways of organizing itself and the broader labor movement and its allies to meet what it says are the changing times.
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Labor
Union leaders: Time is now for immigration reform
February 28, 2013The executive council of the AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Congress of the United States immediately pass immigration reform.
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U.S.
Labor mobilizes to save Voting Rights Act
February 27, 2013Voting rights were high on the agenda of the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting February 27 as the Supreme Court heard a challenge to Section 5 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Labor
Labor leaders demand Senate action on NLRB
February 27, 2013As expected, the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a statement Feb. 26 on the ongoing attempt by anti-worker politicians and their corporate sponsors to destroy the National Labor Relations Board
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