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Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. This Monday is Labor Day, but only in the US and Canada (where it’s Labour Day). And, since this is the Worker’s Almanac, it’s more than a day off for us!   Most other countries celebrate International Workers’ Day, or May Day, on May 1…

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. If you’ve been reading this newsletter for a while, you already know about the thousands of layoffs at meatpacking plants like Tyson Foods in Perry, and the thousands—in smaller batches—of workers laid off at John Deere plants across the state (in part to move some…

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Eight Iowans were killed on this day 23 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Read their stories from Notes on Iowa.   Did you watch the debate last night? (Watching clips on social media counts!) Tell me your thoughts, and I’ll run them in…

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Around 100 workers at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids are officially on strike.   The three-year contract between Cargill—with corn milling and soybean processing plants in the city—and workers unionized with Teamsters Local 238 expired at midnight Tuesday.   But workers didn’t vote to…

News about and for the working class Share with a friend   A correction from last week: Meghan Holloran graduated from Drake University with a degree in multimedia journalism, not environmental journalism.   Amie here. The ongoing federal government shutdown is resulting in lots of Iowans not being paid—and it’s not just federal workers.  …