Brenntag Des Moines workers have been locked out of work by their employer. But what is a lockout—and how can you support workers right now?
An Iowa TikTok creator thought she was calling attention to a specific problem in Des Moines. She had no idea the problems at this coffee chain were so widespread—until hundreds of messages began...
Iowa Worker's Almanac news briefs, Feb. 19, 2026: Back to work, for some: John Deere last week rehired 245 laid-off workers in Iowa, with 150 of them going back to work in Waterloo alone. Good...
Iowa Worker's Almanac news briefs, Feb. 12, 2026: Pushing workers out of Iowa: Workers are leaving Iowa in droves. One Iowan confronted Republican lawmakers about how striking state affirmative...
Working-class news you can use for Feb. 6, 2026:
Buxton, Iowa, was an unincorporated mining town where Black and white residents lived, worked, and went to school side by side—with equal pay and no segregation. How? It was designed that way.
The economy is great again? That's what US Rep. Ashley Hinson, running for US Senate, wrote in a Des Moines Register opinion piece this week in advance of President Donald Trump's speech where he tried saying the same thing while he was in Clive Tuesday.
We knew this Southeast Iowa factory was closing. Now we know when layoffs are happening—and how many workers will be affected. (Watch this story on YouTube.) This week, Case New Holland filed...
Worker-focused news from the Jan. 22 edition of the Iowa Worker's Almanac: $15 minimum wage on the table: Iowa House Democrats unveiled a sweeping agenda last week that includes raising Iowa’s...
The Iowa Legislature is officially back in session. Here are three worker-focused bills you should be paying attention to, and whether they have a chance of becoming law.
