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.

Fiscal cliff deal seen as “breakthrough” on some issues
January 2, 2013 By John Wojcik
In an extraordinary session the House voted 257 to 167 to approve a Senate-crafted agreement to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" on New Years Day.
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Labor

East and Gulf Coast dockworkers postpone strike
December 28, 2012 By John Wojcik
The strike by dock workers could have frozen business at every port from Boston to Houston.
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U.S.

GOP vacations as nation teeters on the brink of “cliff”
December 27, 2012 By John Wojcik
President Obama flew back into the nation's capital today reportedly with a new offer to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff on Jan. 1.
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U.S.

Obama tries again on fiscal cliff
December 26, 2012 By John Wojcik
President Obama is still trying to negotiate an arrangement with Congress to head off or to postpone tax increases on working people and the massive cuts scheduled to begin after Jan. 1.
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U.S.

Republicans fall off the deep end
December 21, 2012 By John Wojcik
Capping off the biggest legislative circus in a hundred years was the collapse on Capitol Hill last night of Republican House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B."
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U.S.

GOP Grinches trying to steal Christmas
December 20, 2012 By John Wojcik
"Anyone who wants to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits to finance tax giveaways for the rich must have a heart two sizes too small."
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U.S.

Progressives: No cave-in to Republican fiscal cliff demands!
December 18, 2012 By John Wojcik
With less than two weeks until the Bush tax cuts die and harsh automatic cuts to the human safety net kick in, the GOP insists Democrats agree to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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U.S.

Congressional progressives: “Chained CPI” throws seniors off the cliff
December 17, 2012 By John Wojcik
Members of the Progressive Caucus in Congress are calling on colleagues to oppose what they say is nothing more than a dangerous back-door attempt to cut Social Security.
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