Iowa Worker’s Almanac: News and layoffs for Nov. 20, 2025
News briefs for the Iowa working class for the week of Nov. 20, 2025:
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Amie Rivers
Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she was an award-winning journalist at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; now, she very much enjoys making TikToks and memes and getting pet photos in her inbox.
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Mt. Pleasant landscaper Noel Lopez De La Cruz facing deportation. Here’s how you can help
The kidnapping goon squad gutting our workforce keeps rolling to more cities across the US. Its newest target is Charlotte, North Carolina, and soon ICE and Border Patrol will bring their terror to New Orleans. But deportations of immigrant workers continue to...
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WATCH: Plant closure will be ‘devastating’ for Iowa community
Case New Holland says it will close its Burlington plant by the middle of next year. Workers say it's not because of money—which the company has plenty of—but because they want to break the union.
Sign the petition to keep CNH in Burlington here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-case-new-holland-invest-in-burlington-protect-our-plant?source=direct_link&&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Iowa%20Worker%27s%20Almanac%2011-13-25&utm_term=Iowa%20Starting%20Line%20-%20Workers%20Almanac
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Iowa Worker’s Almanac: Layoffs and news briefs for Nov. 14, 2025
News for the Iowa working class for Nov. 14, 2025: Rural hospitals? Never heard of her: At her first in-person town hall in more than a year, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Iowans in Keosauqua on Monday she thinks she "strengthened and preserved Medicaid" when...
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UAW president unloads on CNH after Burlington plant closure announcement
Case New Holland (CNH) announced it would close its Burlington plant by mid-2026, with 200 workers laid off as a result. But the labor union wasn't going to take that sitting down.
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WATCH: Civics 101: How you can save democracy
Ever wonder what’s keeping this whole thing—you know, America—from just totally falling apart?
It’s not the folks yelling on TV or trolling online: It’s the quiet work happening in local communities like ours.
Watch our latest Civics 101 video, written by COURIER Newsroom's Ryan Pitkin, and follow Iowa Starting Line for more.
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Iowa Worker’s Almanac layoffs and news for Nov. 6, 2025
Iowa Worker's Almanac news briefs: China agrees to buy soybeans, ending monthslong standoff: The world's largest buyer of soybeans refused to buy anything from the US for months because of Trump's punitive tariffs. Last week, after Trump lowered his tariff to 10%,...
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No SNAP? How to help fellow Iowans who are struggling for food
Well, it happened: SNAP benefits ended Nov. 1 for 42 million Americans for the very first time in history. That includes 267,000 Iowans, 40% of whom are children, going without their grocery money this week. It's because of the ongoing federal government...
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Nov. 1 is a big day in the government shutdown—here’s why
Saturday is Nov. 1, and Nov. 1 is when the monthlong federal government shutdown—assuming it hasn't been lifted—will become very personal and very real. There are two big reasons for that. First: Nov. 1 is when SNAP benefits will end for 42 million Americans, the...
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Iowa Worker’s Almanac: Layoffs and news for Oct. 30
Nunn, Ernst beg Trump for China deal: President Donald Trump is supposed to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today to iron out a trade deal after China has refused to buy US soybeans for months. US Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring, and US Rep. Zach Nunn, running...
