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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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:...
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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...
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Iowa Worker’s Almanac: Layoffs and news for the week of Oct. 23, 2025
Iowa Worker's Almanac: Week of 10/23/25 Iowa farm lobby pushes back on Trump: The Iowa Farm Bureau is among those pushing back against President Donald Trump's comments on importing beef from...
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Shutdown means no pay for 10K Iowa workers
The ongoing federal government shutdown is resulting in lots of Iowans not being paid—and it's not just federal workers. There are more than 10,000 Iowans who are federal workers, according to...
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Iowa Worker’s Almanac: Layoffs and news, Oct. 16, 2025
News about and for the Iowa working class. 'No Kings' is back: The Indivisible-organized protests against President Donald Trump's authoritarianism, which first took place in June, are back this...
