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.

‘New’ GOP proposals smell like old ideas
August 19, 2010 By John Wojcik
Responding to criticism that they have no plan to pull the country out of economic crisis, Republicans have begun rolling out a variety of 'new' plans.
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Labor

College grad adds union organizing to job as a laundry hauler
August 18, 2010 By John Wojcik
Unorganized California hotel workers stage a one-day strike.
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U.S.

Oil still a problem in the Gulf, scientists warn
August 18, 2010 By John Wojcik
The oil that BP and the government claim is gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually still there, and threatens the eco-system, two groups of scientists said this week.
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Labor

Non-union workers strike California hotel
August 17, 2010 By John Wojcik
In a first for their industry, workers at a non-union hotel went out on a one-day strike Aug. 9 to protest years of being denied the right to take breaks.
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Labor

Labor pushes for the swing vote
August 9, 2010 By John Wojcik
Pollsters are reporting that the "swing voters," most of them working-class moderates and even some conservatives, are now ready to vote against all incumbents, even if it means putting the GOP back in power.
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Labor

To win in November, unions will build “people power”
August 6, 2010 By John Wojcik
WASHINGTON - More than money or anything else, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told labor leaders, "Your union members are the power."
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Labor

Labor joins One Nation coalition to reorder nation’s priorities
August 5, 2010 By John Wojcik
WASHINGTON - The AFL-CIO executive committee has voted unanimously to join One Nation, Working Together, a new coalition of labor and civil rights groups.
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Labor

Obama asks labor to help prevent GOP takeover
August 5, 2010 By John Wojcik
WASHINGTON - President Obama spent the morning of his birthday asking labor leaders to do everything they can to prevent a Republican takeover of Congress in November.
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