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Will Iowa Republicans cut IPERS?
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. The Iowa DOGE task force wants to cut IPERS for new hires, the public employee retirement system that thousands of teachers, corrections officers, and more rely on to get them through their golden years. This does not sit well with…
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Are Iowa’s Ukrainian workers next to go?
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. What do you do if you’re the president, the economy is going south, and Americans are looking to you for leadership? Own it? (remember “the buck stops here”?) At least tell us your plan to fix it? LOL, not…
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Only Iowa’s big cities get hospitals now?
News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 31, 2025. Amie here. Have you read Zachary Oren Smith‘s latest story on what Medicaid cuts are doing to Iowans who rely on rural hospitals? Here’s a preview.👇 When Dr. Robin Plattenberger retired from her Washington County practice…
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1st Starbucks in Des Moines voting on a union
News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 24, 2025. As part of our Cancer in Iowa series, Zachary and I are looking for Iowans who have concerns that the chemicals, processes, or other things in your workplace may be cancer-causing—or have already caused cancer in them or…
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You think Iowa is hollowing out now? Just wait
News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 17, 2025. As part of our Cancer in Iowa series (starting next week!), Zachary and I are looking for Iowans who have concerns that the chemicals, processes, or other things in your workplace may be cancer-causing—or have already caused cancer…
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ICE in Iowa: West Liberty man detained with no record
Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, July 2, 2025. It’s happening in Iowa. Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro, 20, of West Liberty, went to a routine annual immigration check-in yesterday (Tuesday)—abiding by what the government is asking him to do as an immigrant—and was detained by ICE. Pedro-Pedro was brought to the US as…
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📈 Are you worried about higher food prices?
Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Iowans are worried about food prices. But they’re especially worried that the policies of the Trump administration (namely, his tariffs on foreign goods) will cause prices to rise further. That’s not some left-leaning think tank study, by the way; that’s according to the latest…
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Tenants union in Johnson Co. goes on offense against private equity
Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Remember the 2023 story of mobile home residents in Johnson County whose parks were bought by investment company Havenpark Communities, then had their services taken away while their lot rents were jacked up? They started a couple of tenants’ unions—the Iowa Manufactured Home Residents…
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Regents try their own diversity ban. Professors fight it
Share with a friend It’s Friday, June 13, 2025. If you haven’t already, please take our short survey about Iowa Worker’s Almanac. Thanks! ~Amie The Iowa Legislature passed a bill this session banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and trainings by “public entities,” including Iowa’s public universities. And they spelled out exactly…
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Fighting Against Local ICE Agreements—And Winning
Share with a friend It’s Thursday, June 5, 2025. Can you take this short survey? We’re trying to see what people like and don’t like about Iowa Worker’s Almanac, and you can help. Thanks! ~Amie Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is raiding workplaces across the country, showing up in tanks and wearing tactical…
