John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Jobless benefits and payroll tax cut in danger, SEIU warns
February 9, 2012Republican lawmakers are plotting to allow extra federal jobless benefits and the "temporary" payroll tax cut for 160 million workers to lapse.
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Santorum rolls over the “inevitable” Romney
February 8, 2012The Republican establishment's narrative of Mitt Romney's "imevitability" as the party's presidential nominee unraveled Tuesday in just one night.
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Labor and business economists call “right to work” unworkable
February 7, 2012A pro-labor economist is saying that Republicans who think "right to work" laws will stimulate the economy in their states are dead wrong.
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Jobless rate drops: positive trend but some cautions too
February 3, 2012The nation's official unemployment rate fell in January to 8.3 percent, down from December's 8.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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GOP forces anti-labor provisions into transport bills
February 3, 2012That rewrite, an attempt to end a fight over union recognition votes at airlines and railroads, ended up leaving workers and their unions with the short end of the stick.
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Romney’s Bain behind airline plan to slash jobs and pensions
February 2, 2012American Airlines announced yesterday that it will take the advice of Mitt Romney's firm, Bain Capital, and lay off 13,000 workers.
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GOP forces anti-labor provisions into transport bills
February 2, 2012Unions are mobilizing this week to fight anti-labor provisions the Republicans have inserted into major transportation bills.
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Romney says he’s “not concerned” about the “very poor”
February 1, 2012He expressed his cavalier attitude towards the poor - who, when we count the many millions of working poor, amount to half the country.
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