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Unpaid workers making up for Medicaid shortfall

March 12, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. This week, I spoke with an Iowa woman who says the government’s Medicaid cuts mean she’s relying on unpaid care work from her friends. Christie Cellman is a 39-year-old Ottumwa native. She has her master’s in social work and is…

Unpaid workers making up for Medicaid shortfall

🍕 Casey’s Workers: $15/hour. Casey’s CEO: $10.6M

September 4, 2024

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Monday was Labor Day in the US, and Iowa Federation of Labor President Charlie Wishman came out swinging against inequality in his Labor Day message: “Labor Day is for you, but as we reach the end of the summer of 2024, it feels like…

🍕 Casey’s Workers: $15/hour. Casey’s CEO: $10.6M

Iowa farmers are struggling without a China trade deal

September 19, 2025

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 industry—are hurting in a big way, and they’re not getting any relief with President Donald…

Iowa farmers are struggling without a China trade deal

WATCH: Can JBS Foods replace what Tyson took? 500 jobs come to Perry, Iowa (PT 2) – Cornhole Champions #28

June 11, 2025

Brazilian meat giant JBS is bringing 500 jobs back to Perry, Iowa, right where Tyson Foods pulled out. The $135 million sausage production facility offers hope to a community still reeling from the loss of 1,300 Tyson jobs, but questions remain about whether this corporate giant can deliver long-term stability. On this episode of Cornhole…

WATCH: Can JBS Foods replace what Tyson took? 500 jobs come to Perry, Iowa (PT 2) – Cornhole Champions #28

Iowan Fired in DOGE Purge Breaks Silence

February 19, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. It turns out that DOGE is less of a waste-reduction project and more of a wrecking ball that is cutting vital services. Like USDA folks working on bird flu, whoops! And it’s also cutting workers, like Iowans, who will likely move out of our…

Iowan Fired in DOGE Purge Breaks Silence

This former Iowa town was a workers’ utopia

February 5, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. Have you heard about the Iowa town that became a utopia for Black workers over a hundred years ago? (It’s one of my favorite Black History Month stories.) Watch the latest edition of Clocked In on: YouTube Instagram Facebook TikTok Buxton,…

This former Iowa town was a workers’ utopia

What Iowans Think About the Union-Busting Bill

February 28, 2024

And more news for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 238, said everything—including strikes—are on the table if that’s what it takes to stop a union-busting bill now in the Iowa Senate. Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local…

What Iowans Think About the Union-Busting Bill

Rural America fights back: Iowa summit calls for fair funding, stronger communities

May 19, 2025

Organizations from across the country gathered in Des Moines for the 2025 Rural Policy Action Summit, where leaders demanded fairness for working families

Rural America fights back: Iowa summit calls for fair funding, stronger communities

651 laid off at Whirlpool in Amana

April 1, 2025

On Tuesday, news broke that 651 Iowans are soon to be laid off by June 1 from Whirlpool in Amana. That’s about a third of its workforce.

This Iowa Bill Has Union Leaders Mad As Hell

February 21, 2024

And more news for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Jesse Case with the Teamsters Local 238 union has had ENOUGH. Iowa Republicans have been caving to corporate interests for years. But last week, after yet another bill undermining public workers was introduced…

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