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While we wait, Iowa workers are getting fired
Inside: News about and for the working class Support Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Why won’t the US government give these Iowa workers a clear answer? Steel plant tax credits approved “without real protections for taxpayers” Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news The government…
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Are we really getting the nation’s biggest steel plant?
Inside: News about and for Iowa’s workers Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Trump says Iowa is getting the US’s biggest steel plant by 2030.…
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Who is Iowa’s lone billionaire?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. Got a comment on a story? Reply and tell me; I read every email. If break time’s over,…
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They’re stealing $900 million a year. He’s trying to stop it
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Iowa workers are stiffed $900 million a year. This candidate wants to stop that theft; Iowa’s child labor problem is 10x worse than the national rate; Upcoming…
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Amendment 1: a tax on Iowa’s workers?
Inside: news about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Will Amendment 1 in Iowa prevent us from raising taxes on the rich? Rents are rising faster in Cedar Rapids Read about the Norma Rae of…
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They say they’re for workers. Here’s what I found out
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Forget about “tax credit” bills that just help the rich. What have our representatives in Congress done to help workers? Labor Day events, Iowa layoffs, and…
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He’s one of the workers making the State Fair run
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: He helps keep the Iowa State Fair horse shows running—and he loves every minute of it Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news I wonder why there’s…
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‘I gotta choose between gas and bread for my kids’
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: ‘I gotta choose between gas and bread:’ Workers on strike in Cedar Rapids Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news briefs Prison labor is profitable for the…
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‘We see it as a trap’: Iowa workers chart new path to union
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: ‘Nobody is gonna come save us:’ Iowa’s university workers form a different kind of union. Legal Haitian workers who came here legally are suddenly not legal.…
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1,700+ detained, 1,500+ deported from Iowa in 2025
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: ICE detained 1,779 Iowans in 2025, a new report shows; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; What would happen if 30% of us were unionized? Nearly…
