John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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High Court to women Wal-Mart workers: You’re on your own!
June 20, 2011The lawsuit, had it been allowed to proceed as a class action, could have involved up to 1.6 million women, with Wal-Mart facing billions of dollars in damages.
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Hundreds join Congress Hotel strikers at 8th Anniversary rally
June 16, 2011Sixty workers who have been on strike at Chicago's Congress Hotel for eight years were joined June 15 by hundreds of supporters at a rally outside the hotel.
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Unions take fight vs. Walker bill to federal court
June 16, 2011Wisconsin AFL-CIO head Phil Neuenfeldt assailed the state Supreme Court for reinstating the union-busting law, called the ruling "an affront to our democracy."
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5,000 join union-led march against corporate greed
June 15, 2011As the nation's top CEOs held a June 14 summit in Chicago, 5,000 angry demonstrators outside chanted, "You got bailed out, we got sold out!"
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Attacks on NLRB are attacks on working families
June 15, 2011Why have Republicans and tea partiers gotten so riled up about the NLRB? Answer: Because it's doing its job.
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Shop Talk: Organizing at Apple, winning bronze shoe
June 13, 2011Apple workers are talking union, Wisconsin workers won a bronze shoe - and more.
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IKEA says it’s ready to talk
June 9, 2011After receiving 20,000 complaints from people angry about how it treats its workers here, IKEA has agreed to meet with the union trying to organize them.
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Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
June 7, 2011Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
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