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

Today in labor history: “Boom boom room” costs Wall Street in sex bias payout
October 9, 2012 By John Wojcik
Branch managers had been asking female employees to remove their tops in exchange for money. One office featured a "boom boom room" where women were told to "entertain" clients.
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U.S.

Three arrested for blocking trucks at Bain-owned plant released
October 9, 2012 By John Wojcik
Three protesters who were arrested when they refused to move out of the way of trucks leaving the Bain Capital-owned Sensata Technologies plant here have been released.
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Labor

Opponents of outsourcing arrested at Bain plant for blocking trucks
October 8, 2012 By John Wojcik
Three supporters of outsourced workers were arrested this morning for blocking equipment removal at the Bain-owned Sensata Technologies plant.
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Opinion

Pundits premature in crowning Romney the winner
October 5, 2012 By John Wojcik
The airwaves were flooded for at least 48 hours this week with declarations telling us who won the first of the three big presidential debates.
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Labor

“Master of lies” Romney doesn’t fool workers at Bainport
October 4, 2012 By John Wojcik
Workers whose jobs are being outsourced by Bain Capital closely watched the presidential debate last night from a campsite called Bainport.
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Labor

Romney to outsourced workers: Drop dead
October 3, 2012 By John Wojcik
Workers at the "Bainport" encampment outside the Sensata Technologies plant here are in Day 22 of their civil disobedience protest against the outsourcing of their jobs.
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U.S.

Court halts Pennsylvania voter ID law
October 3, 2012 By John Wojcik
Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court halted the state's new voter suppression law, ruling today that it not be enforced for the presidential election only five weeks away.
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U.S.

Outsourced Bain workers in standoff with trucks
October 2, 2012 By John Wojcik
Outsourced Bain workers began a standoff with trucks sent in to remove equipment from their plant. Residents of the town began arriving this afternoon to join workers who were blocking the loading dock.
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