Worker’s Almanac

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   Amie here. I’ve written before about how the job market is abysmal right now, which is particularly hard on new graduates and those just trying to get started in their field.   Now, one of those recent grads is confirming just how bad…

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   Amie here. Harvest time is upon us, and Iowa farmers are supposed to have the third-largest harvest on record.   Yet it all amounts to a hill of beans (literally) if nobody’s buying them.   Iowa soybean farmers—and those in the wider ag…

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   Amie here. Americans are starting to sour on capitalism.   That’s according to the latest Gallup survey, which found the number of US adults who say they support capitalism—”an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods,” per Merriam-Webster—is at…

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   Amie here. Labor unions are just starting to endorse candidates for 2026. It’s still very early for this, but here are a few I’ve seen so far: Rob Sand, running for governor, was endorsed by Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa…

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   Amie here. If you’re an Iowan, you already have a higher cancer risk than the rest of the US for reasons we’re currently exploring in ISL’s Cancer in Iowa series.   But some workers face extra cancer risks.   This week’s story, in…

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   Amie here. You probably already know Iowa has a problem getting qualified health care workers: We’re 44th in the nation for physicians to patients, or 30% worse than the national average; The problem is particularly bad in our nursing homes; Iowa Republicans passed…

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…

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…

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…

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…