John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Shop Talk: Bucking bosses and closing unsafe mines
November 5, 2010Unionization victories at Piedmont Airlines, a labor/Democratic step against climate change, a federal push to shut unsafe mines - and more.
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New House leaders kiss up to Wall Street
November 4, 2010The Republican takeover of the House makes the new Congress friendlier to big business - and incoming GOP leaders are moving fast to turn those expectations into reality.
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Voters say it’s about jobs
November 3, 2010The number one issue concerning voters is the same for union families: the economy and jobs.
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Trumka: Voters don’t want to go back
November 2, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said as he wrapped up campaigning in Philadelphia on Election Day that voters "don't want to go back to the times when Wall Street controlled everything."
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Labor volunteers keep on going in the final hours
November 2, 2010On Election Day today union members are continuing their push right up until the polls close.
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Crunch time for the midterm elections
November 2, 2010It's crunch time! The polls are open and today's the day to cast your vote for candidates who will fight for working families, not candidates funded by the corporations.
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Midterm campaigns go down to the wire
November 1, 2010President Obama summed up his closing arguments for the 2010 midterm election at a get-out-the-vote event here Saturday that was bigger than any election rally ever held in this city.
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No enthusiasm gap at jam-packed union phone bank
October 29, 2010CHICAGO - By noon Oct. 29, union members were close to having called 500,000 people in Illinois about the Nov. 2 elections, here at what the Operating Engineers say is the nation's biggest, most state-of-the-art phone...
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