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.

Major jobs bill faces GOP filibuster vow
April 7, 2010 By John Wojcik
A day after Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., vowed to block all future jobs bills, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called on members of Congress to co-sponsor the Local Jobs for America Act.
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Labor

Arkansas primary becomes test for labor
April 6, 2010 By John Wojcik
The labor movement has become a force to be reckoned with in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary.
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U.S.

Finance reform can spur job creation
April 5, 2010 By John Wojcik
The nation's labor movement is on target with its point that the risky practices on Wall Street were behind the destruction of 11 million jobs in America.
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Labor

March jobs not enough to reduce unemployment rate
April 2, 2010 By John Wojcik
This morning's release of the government employment report showed 162,000 payroll jobs gained in March, the largest jump in three years.
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Labor

A call for justice in the tobacco fields
April 1, 2010 By John Wojcik
Tobacco workers joined by supporters from organized labor and community organizations, marched through the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina yesterday.
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U.S.

Sick children to get health care
March 30, 2010 By John Wojcik
After some strong arm twisting by the Obama administration the insurance industry has backed down from challenging the section of the new health reform law.
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Labor

Obama makes pro-labor recess appointments
March 29, 2010 By John Wojcik
President Obama is bypassing Republican obstructionists in the Senate this week and naming 15 people to administration positions, which the GOP has blocked for an average of 214 days.
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U.S.

News for the rich and famous
March 26, 2010 By John Wojcik
To balance out our working class bias, we checked Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and similar sources, and hereby offer some news of interest to the rich.
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