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  • Biden attacks GOP abortion bans, vows to restore Roe during State of the Union

    March 12, 2024

    “Many of you in this chamber and my predecessor are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom,” Biden said to Republicans. “My God, what freedoms will you take away next?”

    Biden attacks GOP abortion bans, vows to restore Roe during State of the Union
  • Mt. Pleasant landscaper Noel Lopez De La Cruz facing deportation. Here’s how you can help

    November 21, 2025

    The kidnapping goon squad gutting our workforce keeps rolling to more cities across the US. Its newest target is Charlotte, North Carolina, and soon ICE and Border Patrol will bring their terror to New Orleans. But deportations of immigrant workers continue to happen everywhere—including in Iowa. The latest: Noel Lopez De La Cruz, a 24-year-old landscaper from Mount Pleasant…

    Mt. Pleasant landscaper Noel Lopez De La Cruz facing deportation. Here’s how you can help
  • 💜 9 Iowa acts of kindness we loved in 2025

    December 19, 2025

    Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and of course, reader replies!   Polk County baby gets measles: An infant who was too young to get vaccinated has contracted measles after they “recently traveled to an area where…

    💜 9 Iowa acts of kindness we loved in 2025
  • Southeast Iowa Meatpacking Workers Forming Union

    April 24, 2023

    Meatpacking workers in southeast Iowa are now—officially—gearing up to organize into labor unions at their respective workplaces.

    Southeast Iowa Meatpacking Workers Forming Union
  • Pascual Pedro-Pedro not the only one: Immigration arrests, deportations triple in Iowa

    July 18, 2025

    Immigration arrests and deportations in Iowa have tripled. You think Iowa is hollowing out now? It’s about to get worse.

    Pascual Pedro-Pedro not the only one: Immigration arrests, deportations triple in Iowa
  • 📄 Iowans Sued Over Noncompetes

    September 18, 2024

    Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. I heard from two workers being sued by an Iowa company over a noncompete agreement they say is unfairly keeping them from finding other jobs.   Seneca Companies was started in 1972 by Chris Risewick, who sold petroleum equipment. Over the decades, the Des Moines-based…

    📄 Iowans Sued Over Noncompetes
  • Sen. Claire Celsi remembered for her passion and outspokenness

    October 6, 2025

    The Democratic state senator from West Des Moines died on Oct. 6 after a bout with an undisclosed illness.  West Des Moines resident Al Womble will always remember the first time he met Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi. Womble, a union organizer by trade, was an active volunteer in the Iowa Democratic Party and its Polk…

    Sen. Claire Celsi remembered for her passion and outspokenness
  • Fighting Against Local ICE Agreements—And Winning

    June 5, 2025

    Share with a friend It’s Thursday, June 5, 2025.   Can you take this short survey? We’re trying to see what people like and don’t like about Iowa Worker’s Almanac, and you can help. Thanks! ~Amie   Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is raiding workplaces across the country, showing up in tanks and wearing tactical…

    Fighting Against Local ICE Agreements—And Winning
  • 🗣️ ‘Nobody Wants to Live in a State That is Unwelcoming’

    April 18, 2025

    Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 18, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for all of your hottest takes!   But first, here’s the Pet Photo of the Week: This is Saul Alinsky, “our ‘tripod’ (3-legged) rescue,” says reader Lisa F.   Looks like he’s shocked you haven’t read his book yet.   Send me your…

    🗣️ ‘Nobody Wants to Live in a State That is Unwelcoming’
  • Former Mercy Iowa City workers say UIHC is threatening pay, seniority

    July 16, 2024

    You probably heard about the very public bankruptcy of Iowa City’s *other* hospital, Mercy Iowa City, and how around 1,000 jobs were saved when the University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) agreed to buy Mercy, changing the hospital’s name to UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown. But you may not have heard about what’s been…

    Former Mercy Iowa City workers say UIHC is threatening pay, seniority
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