John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Romney scores not-so-big win as Republicans argue over “vulture capitalism”
January 11, 2012Mitt Romney, "frontrunner" for the GOP presidential nomination, emerged as the leading candidate with only 37 percent of the vote.
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Hypocrisy is hallmark of GOP debates
January 9, 2012A representative of the Newt Gingrich Super PAC blamed the loss of manufacturing jobs on Romney's style of doing business.
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Jobs rose by 200,000 in December
January 6, 2012The total number of jobs went up by 200,000 in December, and the official jobless rate dropped to 8.5 percent.
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Indiana workers flood Capitol to stop “right-to-work” law
January 5, 2012For the second day in a row, the GOP was unable to push through the legislation because House Democrats failed to show up for a vote.
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Romney or Santorum? Iowans say no real difference
January 4, 2012For all the fights between the candidates, on basic economic issues the two frontrunners are essentially united.
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Mitt Romney layoff victim speaks out
January 3, 2012"I really feel he didn't care about the workers. It was all about profit before people," said Randy Johnson who worked in Marion, Indiana at American Pad and Paper Co. in the 1990's.
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Hyatt continues attack on housekeepers
January 2, 2012The Hyatt hotel chain seems determined to continue an attack on housekeepers that it began more than a year ago when it fired veteran employees in Boston and replaced them with lower paid temporary workers.
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Many workers to benefit in 2012 from new Obama rules
January 2, 2012Last month the Obama administration issued some of the most pro-worker rules the country has seen in 35 years, covering union elections, hours of work and wages, among other things.
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