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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…
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ICE going after workers, not the ones hiring them
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 detains 4 Iowa workers on way to Fairfax construction site; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; Their website was shut down, so these workers started…
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ICE raids rising in Iowa. Here’s why
Inside: Rob Sand would raise minimum wage 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, flush with new cash, is increasing raids in Iowa; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; A rural Iowa town bets on investing in the trades to…
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River Hills Centerville worker speaks out on sudden closure
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: Workers suspicious of timing of River Hills Centerville closure Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news Is Iowa making an already serious problem even worse? A healthcare…
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Laid-off Amana worker speaks out with Bernie in DC
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: A laid-off worker from Whirlpool in Amana went to Washington, DC, this week to call out corporate greed. Plus: Upcoming Iowa layoffs and news briefs. Iowa’s…
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UnityPoint is fighting United Nurses, but nurses won’t give up
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: Six months later, UnityPoint still refuses to recognize its nurses union; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; Guess who ELSE hates generative AI? A Des Moines…
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Can you legally skip work to vote in Iowa?
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: You have the right to take time off to vote in Iowa; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; What if the minimum wage were tied to…
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Money for union-busters, but can’t pay the 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: This Iowa hospital chain spent $2.14 million on union-busting consultants in 2025; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and Iowa labor news; Local officials didn’t even know this hospital was…
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What if this made crisis intervention better in Iowa?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac—by, about, and for Iowa workers! If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Solving a crisis without armed police? This Ottumwa woman thinks it could work; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and labor news briefs; Can you get your boss to…
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Iowa’s workforce is shrinking—see how much since 2010
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here; welcome to Thursday’s Almanac. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Iowa and other rural areas lost a ton of working-age folks just in the last 15 years; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and labor news; Are you misclassified as a contractor?…
