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War On Workers Is Over (If You Want It)
News for working Iowans The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024. Democrats may be in the minority in the Iowa Legislature, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still trying to pass meaningful legislation to help Iowa’s workers. This year, that includes an Iowa House proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution…
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Activists Promise an Iowa Immigrant Worker Strike
News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024. Today at noon, unionized graduate students at the University of Iowa are interrupting the university’s “One Day for Iowa” fundraising push at the Pentacrest. The reason? Ending the fees they call “paying to work.” (petition…
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What’s Next for 1,276 Laid Off Tyson Workers?
News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024. I’m still closely following the news that 1,276 Iowans will lose their jobs when the Tyson pork processing plant in Perry closes in June. It will be the state’s largest plant closure in a decade,…
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Largest Plant Closure in a Decade Comes to Iowa
News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024. 1,276. That’s how many people in and around the central Iowa town of Perry will lose their jobs by the end of June, after Tyson announced Monday it would permanently close its longtime pork processing…
