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Biden takes aim at high costs during State of the Union speech

March 8, 2024

Biden called on Congress to pass a mortgage relief credit that would give first-time homebuyers an annual tax credit of up to $5,000 a year for two years. He also endorsed legislation to build and renovate roughly 2 million homes and vowed to crack down on “big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and…

Biden takes aim at high costs during State of the Union speech

4 Iowa Vigils for International Workers’ Day

May 1, 2024

News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Happy May Day, aka, International Workers’ Day! (Read about why the US government doesn’t want to recognize it.) If you want to show solidarity for your fellow workers—especially immigrant Iowans working in some of the…

4 Iowa Vigils for International Workers’ Day

At Cargill strike rally, workers say company ignores them

October 15, 2024

At Thursday’s rally at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids, where around 100 Teamsters-affiliated workers have been on a Cargill strike since Oct. 1, workers talked about the disrespect they say they’ve gotten from their company during negotiations.

At Cargill strike rally, workers say company ignores them

Iowa Teamsters head says statewide strikes possible to stop union-busting bill

February 21, 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 that has worked its way through the Iowa Senate. For about an hour on Wednesday, Teamsters members and their supporters circled the Iowa Capitol in various vehicles including semitrailers, and honked their…

Iowa Teamsters head says statewide strikes possible to stop union-busting bill

Nov. 1 is a big day in the government shutdown—here’s why

October 31, 2025

Saturday is Nov. 1, and Nov. 1 is when the monthlong federal government shutdown—assuming it hasn’t been lifted—will become very personal and very real. There are two big reasons for that. First: Nov. 1 is when SNAP benefits will end for 42 million Americans, the first time it will have ever happened. That includes 267,000 Iowans…

Nov. 1 is a big day in the government shutdown—here’s why

Union reps slam Iowa legislators after child labor violations rack up

July 26, 2024

Labor leaders in eastern Iowa called out Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Republicans who backed new laws to loosen child labor, and tied it to Project 2025’s goal of loosening child labor nationwide during a forum in Cedar Rapids last week. Rick Moyle, executive director of the Hawkeye Area Labor Council, referenced recent comments…

Union reps slam Iowa legislators after child labor violations rack up

Iowa’s Dem. Senate candidates talk economic struggles, healthcare at candidate forum

November 9, 2025

US Senate hopefuls Nathan Sage, Josh Turek, and Zach Wahls each hope to replace Sen. Joni Ernst, who is not running for a third term.

Iowa’s Dem. Senate candidates talk economic struggles, healthcare at candidate forum

War On Workers Is Over (If You Want It)

April 10, 2024

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…

What about worker rights? Here’s what Tim Walz has done

August 6, 2024

Picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signals something big: Worker rights, and pro-worker policies, are back at the forefront of Democratic politics. On Tuesday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris picked Walz as her running mate—arguably a progressive pick, given the laws Walz has signed as governor that have propelled Minnesota into an escape state for many…

What about worker rights? Here’s what Tim Walz has done

🪧 Venezuela, ICE protests around Iowa

January 9, 2026

Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend It’s Friday, January 9, 2026. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and reader replies. ICE and Venezuela protests: After a woman was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis this week (donate to a…

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