John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Labor
Labor leaders hail Obama speech, call for more action on jobs
April 15, 2011Labor leaders, while endorsing the president's budget deficit speech, say job creation will need to be addressed if the long-term fiscal health of the nation is to be restored.
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U.S.
Obama calls for tax hike for the rich
April 13, 2011President Barack Obama laid out a "framework" that he said can reduce the federal budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years without slashing social services.
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U.S.
Lawmaker requests federal probe of Wisconsin election
April 12, 2011Rep. Tammy Baldwin has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal probe into the handling of disputed vote records in Wisconsin's April 5 state Supreme Court elections.
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U.S.
Federal probe demanded in Wisconsin election scandal
April 8, 2011Republican County Clerk Kathy Nicolaus took the election data off the county's computer network and put it on stand-alone computers accessible only in her office.
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U.S.
Republicans show government shutdown is their aim
April 6, 2011Republicans are exposing their determination to force a government shutdown, regardless of any Democratic concessions.
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Opinion
After 64 years, still paying the price for Taft-Hartley
April 5, 2011How did the landmark anti-labor legislation, backed at that time by Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon, come to be the law of the land?
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U.S.
Leaders demand GOP condemn Cantor call to abolish Social Security
March 31, 2011Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and leading senior advocates demanded today that Republican lawmakers condemn Majority Leader Eric Cantor's call to abolish Social Security and Medicare.
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Labor
No means no! Wisconsin judge blocks Walker bill – again
March 30, 2011A judge here ruled March 29 that a restraining order is still in force for a law that kills collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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