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

Labor

AFL-CIO: Unions decline tied to attacks on democracy
February 27, 2013 By John Wojcik
Reports showing union membership at an all-time low are of enormous concern at a gathering of the nation's labor leaders. Members of the AFL-CIO executive council see it tied to attacks on democratic rights.
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Labor

AFL-CIO to squeeze Senate Dems on NLRB
February 26, 2013 By John Wojcik
"We have decided," said Larry Cohen, president of CWA, "that in today's America it is unacceptable that we cannot fill the position on a labor board designed to protect the rights of American workers."
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Labor

Labor rolls out plan to defuse fiscal time bomb
February 26, 2013 By John Wojcik
Before the $85 billion budget cut time bomb explodes, leaders of the nation's unions are hammering out details of a program to prevent job losses and restore the economy for the working-class majority.
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U.S.

Filipinos lured into “slavery” in Louisiana
February 19, 2013 By John Wojcik
Sleazy 'recruiters' lured the workers here with assurances of plenty of money, a status job and U.S. citizenship, but when they got here they became indentured servants
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Labor

Right to work for less dies in New Hampshire
February 15, 2013 By John Wojcik
The House of Representatives here gave a resounding defeat to the union haters this week when it voted 212-141 against a right to work for less bill.
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Labor

Union leaders wish Obama had come out for right to organize
February 14, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Union leaders see the weakening of union rights and the drop in union membership numbers as key factors in the backward movement of the middle class.
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U.S.

Obama expected to oppose forced cuts in State of Union
February 12, 2013 By John Wojcik
President Obama is expected to make a case against the budget-slashing sequester scheduled for March 1.
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U.S.

Pope to quit over failing health
February 11, 2013 By John Wojcik
In a move without precedent since the Middle Ages, Pope Benedict announced his resignation today.
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