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Starbucks strike comes to Iowa: How you can help
The national escalating Starbucks strike, intended to bring the company back to the bargaining table, began with several stores across the country on Nov. 13, and two of Iowa’s four union Starbucks stores joined Dec. 4—Iowa City and Des Moines.
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UnityPoint nurses likely win union vote: News and layoffs from Iowa Worker’s Almanac
Working class news you can use: Voting on a union: The UnityPoint vote among 1,776 health care professionals at four Des Moines hospitals on whether to join Teamsters Local 90 was held Dec. 7-9. Unofficial results show nurses won their union, 871-666—but overnight recovery nurse Dawn Balek tells me there are 250 of those ballots being challenged. Given the vote margin, however,…
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Zach Nunn backs extending ACA tax credits two weeks after bashing them
US Rep. Zach Nunn’s position on expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has been all over the place in recent weeks. Nunn, the Republican congressman from Iowa’s Third District, signed on to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill to protect Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits for the next two years—a timeframe that conveniently includes his 2026…
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2 Iowa Starbucks stores join escalating national strike, and more Iowa Worker’s Almanac news and layoffs
Two of Iowa’s four unionized Starbucks locations joined a national Starbucks Workers United escalating strike today.
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1,776 Des Moines nurses voting on union in largest private-sector election ever
After a delayed vote because of the government shutdown, hundreds of nurses at four UnityPoint Health hospitals in the Des Moines area are voting this weekend on whether to unionize with Teamsters Local 90—an election being closely watched by non-union nurses across Iowa who are also struggling with understaffing and patient violence. The postponed UnityPoint vote among 1,776 health care professionals at Blank…
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Iowa grandma worries about feeding her grandkids as cuts to SNAP loom
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will serve up more barriers for families to enroll in school meal programs, like SNAP. Iowa school officials are bracing themselves—hoping they can help make sure their students will have full stomachs so they can learn.
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Advocates want Iowans to boycott Amazon, Home Depot and Target during Black Friday
The ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ campaign hopes consumers use their wallets to hurt companies complying with ‘threats on democracy.’
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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 to New Orleans. But deportations of immigrant workers continue to happen everywhere—including in Iowa. The latest: Noel Lopez De La Cruz, a 24-year-old landscaper from Mount Pleasant…
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Shutdown deal means Iowa hemp industry could go up in flames
As part of the deal to end the federal government shutdown, most hemp products with THC will become illegal again, meaning the burgeoning hemp industry in Iowa—and across the nation—could soon go up in smoke.
