Iowa started rolling back protections for child workers in 2023, and new child labor rules were published Wednesday to roll more protections back.
Another round of layoffs at John Deere is coming to Iowa.
Yesterday, the Iowa Farm Bureau actually quantified those losses for the state's vast, 385,000-person agriculture workforce. And it's not good.
Cargill strike news: The Cedar Rapids company and Teamsters Local 238 have ratified an agreement to end the monthlong strike.
At Thursday's rally at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids, where around 100 Teamsters-affiliated workers have been on a Cargill strike since Oct. 1, workers talked about the disrespect they say they've gotten from their company during negotiations.
Workers say that the company not respecting them is a major factor of why there's an ongoing Cargill Cedar Rapids strike.
Around 100 workers at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids are officially on strike.
At least 14 workers, most from Iowa, are being sued by an Iowa company over noncompete agreements they say are unfairly keeping them from finding other jobs.
FTC spokesperson Victoria Graham said that the decision “does not prevent the FTC from addressing noncompetes through case-by-case enforcement actions” and said that the agency is “seriously considering” appealing the Texas court’s decision.
Picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signals something big: Worker rights, and pro-worker policies, are back at the forefront of Democratic politics. On Tuesday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris picked Walz as her running mate—arguably a progressive pick, given the...
