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Burlington UAW Workers Go On Strike As Company Reports $4.6 Billion In Revenue

Posted May 3rd, 2022 at 12:18pm by Amie Rivers

Iowans Who Died on Job, Including From COVID, Remembered on Workers’ Memorial Day

Posted April 30th, 2022 at 10:10am by Amie Rivers

Participants gather for the annual reading of workers who died on the job in Iowa on April 28, 2022, at the Dubuque Labor Union Hall. Photo by Starting Line staff

Deep Cuts to Unemployment Passes, Critics Say It Won’t Help Workforce Shortage

Posted April 27th, 2022 at 12:47pm by Amie Rivers

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Iowa City Burger Chain Accused Of Wage Theft On Missing Overtime Pay

Posted April 26th, 2022 at 10:21am by Amie Rivers

Kevin Perez, left, one of the co-owners of Short’s Burger and Shine in Iowa City, talks with Mazahir Salih, executive director of the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, who organized a protest at his business Monday, April 25, 2022, alleging wage theft of one of his former employees. Photo by Starting Line staff

Hinson Talks Jan. 6, Russia, Social Security, Elections At Town Halls

Posted April 21st, 2022 at 8:02pm by Amie Rivers

What’s Going On In Armstrong, Iowa?

Posted April 20th, 2022 at 2:31pm by Amie Rivers

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Chuck Grassley Says He Won’t Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act

Posted April 12th, 2022 at 1:28pm by Amie Rivers

US Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa speaks to a large group gathered at a town hall in Waukon on Monday, April 11, 2022.

UNI Librarian Talks LGBTQ Graphic Novels In Wake of Iowa GOP Bill

Posted April 8th, 2022 at 11:26am by Amie Rivers

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Surveys Say Small Business Owners Worried About Inflation, But Are Doing Well Overall

Posted April 6th, 2022 at 1:36pm by Amie Rivers

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Meatpackers Profit While Iowa’s Local Cattle Producers Struggle

Posted April 3rd, 2022 at 9:15am by Amie Rivers

Photo: Getty Images, Teddi Yaeger