John Wojcik

John Wojcik is Editor-in-Chief of People's World. He joined the staff as Labor Editor in May 2007 after working as a union meat cutter in northern New Jersey. There, he served as a shop steward and a member of a UFCW contract negotiating committee. In the 1970s and '80s, he was a political action reporter for the Daily World, this newspaper's predecessor, and was active in electoral politics in Brooklyn, New York.

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik

U.S.

Obama rolls out health care plan, moves to block rate hikes
February 22, 2010 By John Wojcik
As insurers fearful of health care reform announce massive pre-emptive rate hikes the Obama administration proposed today to give the government the power to block the increases.
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Labor

Federal labor law regulator hits GOP on filibuster
February 19, 2010 By John Wojcik
The chair of the National Labor Relations Board yesterday came closer to taking an openly pro-labor stand than has any federal regulator in history when she blasted the "political paralysis" fostered by the GOP.
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U.S.

Recovery Act success stimulates the push for job creation
February 18, 2010 By John Wojcik
Reports released this week show that Republican claims that the stimulus was a failure are dead wrong.
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Labor

Labor presses White House on NLRB nominees
February 18, 2010 By John Wojcik
Last week the Republicans filibustered and effectively killed President Obama's nomination of Craig Becker, a long-time pro-labor lawyer. The AFL-CIO is not happy.
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U.S.

Health public option springs back to life
February 17, 2010 By John Wojcik
A group of influential Democratic senators called yesterday on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include the public option in the reconciliation process on health care reform.
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U.S.

Tea Party shows its not-so-grass roots
February 16, 2010 By John Wojcik
In the latest indication that the right wing Tea Party is a part of mainstream Republican Party strategy, GOP Chairman Michael Steele is meeting today with 50 of the "movement's" leaders.
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U.S.

Dems face challenge in holding N. Dakota seat
February 15, 2010 By John Wojcik
Why would a state like this, which hasn't had a Republican senator in 24 years, even conside replacing a liberal populist with a right-wing Republican?
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U.S.

After NLRB vote, senators call to end filibuster rule
February 10, 2010 By John Wojcik
President Obama's nomination of labor lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board was squashed in a Republican filibuster in the Senate yesterday.
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