Labor
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Hinson, Miller-Meeks, Nunn’s records on worker-friendly bills
They say they care about Iowa workers. But are they actually voting for us?
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2026 Labor Day events around Iowa: News, layoffs, and more
Celebrate Labor Day on Monday with your fellow laborers at one of these events.
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What ICE money could buy: Iowa layoffs and news Aug. 27, 2026
EPI has a nifty new calculator that tells you exactly how much your state’s (or metro’s) taxpayers are paying for the billions of dollars ICE is getting, and what that could pay for instead.
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Who needs heat safety? Iowa layoffs and news, Aug. 6, 2026
Republicans in the US House are advancing legislation that would disallow OSHA from passing national heat safety standards.
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‘I gotta choose between gas and bread:’ Workers on strike in Cedar Rapids
Fifty-four skilled workers at the Pactiv Evergreen plant are tired of inflation eating up their paycheck—and tired of the middle class getting eaten up, too.
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Legal Haitian workers suddenly not legal: Iowa worker news and layoffs, July 30, 2026
Haitian workers who are here legally on Temporary Protected Status had that protection stripped away Monday, leaving 300,000 of them at risk of deportation—including many in Waterloo.
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‘Nobody is gonna come save us:’ Iowa’s university workers form different kind of union
Workers at Iowa’s three public universities who aren’t faculty aren’t unionized, and the state makes it hard to form one. So workers are trying something a little different.
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Gov. Reynolds asks UIHC to lower cancer bills: Iowa worker news and layoffs for July 23, 2026
Pretty please lower the hospital bills, Gov. Kim Reynolds is apparently asking University of Iowa Health Care after the Des Moines Register found thousands of patients were being charged more for cancer care. UIHC’s response? Take it up with the feds.
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‘Really shocking:’ ICE detained 1,779 Iowans since 2025
Nearly 1,800 Iowans were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2025, with nearly 90% of them deported, according to a new report from a statewide immigrant advocacy group.
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Pesticide drift could have ruined Iowa farmer’s crop
A Page County farmer’s entire crop may have just been ruined by his neighbor’s pesticide drift—and the only punishment is a slap on the wrist.
