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Tenants union in Johnson Co. unveils demands on owner Havenpark

June 18, 2025

Residents are calling on Havenpark to institute “a two-year moratorium on lot rent increases” and said park owners needed “to provide clean, safe drinkable water, essential park maintenance, and responsive on-site management in all parks.”

Nurses are overworked. Rivers Hills workers hope unionization helps

May 30, 2025

Workers at River Hills Community Health Centers in south central Iowa were fed up with being overworked and seeing their patients suffer as a result. So they decided to unionize. Over a hundred workers across six River Hills clinics announced this week in Ottumwa they would unite under River Hills United, affiliating themselves with Teamsters Local 90. Rivers…

UnityPoint nurses likely win union vote: News and layoffs from Iowa Worker’s Almanac

December 11, 2025

Working class news you can use: Voting on a union: The UnityPoint vote among 1,776 health care professionals at four Des Moines hospitals on whether to join Teamsters Local 90 was held Dec. 7-9. Unofficial results show nurses won their union, 871-666—but overnight recovery nurse Dawn Balek tells me there are 250 of those ballots being challenged. Given the vote margin, however,…

1,776 Des Moines nurses voting on union in largest private-sector election ever

December 5, 2025

After a delayed vote because of the government shutdown, hundreds of nurses at four UnityPoint Health hospitals in the Des Moines area are voting this weekend on whether to unionize with Teamsters Local 90—an election being closely watched by non-union nurses across Iowa who are also struggling with understaffing and patient violence. The postponed UnityPoint vote among 1,776 health care professionals at Blank…

Bettendorf Starbucks could be 3rd in Iowa to unionize

February 12, 2025

As Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) members representing more than 500 Starbucks stores nationwide prepare for mediation with their company—a huge step in their quest to begin bargaining a first contract—I spoke with workers at a Starbucks in Bettendorf who are getting ready for an election to possibly become the third unionized Starbucks in Iowa. Michael…

Coralville Costco Would Be 1st in Midwest to Unionize

March 12, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025. Amie here. I may be changing around my newsletters a bit, but don’t worry: The Iowa Worker’s Almanac isn’t going anywhere. First of all, news about what folks are going through on the job is kind of the main thing we all worry about:…

Iowa Worker’s Almanac news, unionizing, layoffs and more: Sept. 12, 2025

September 12, 2025

Miller-Meeks said she liked clean energy tax credits, but her vote for the Big Beautiful Bill shows she didn’t care, writes Stefanie Warnick, a union construction worker with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 43. “Our state needs leaders who will fight for the livelihoods of Iowans, not just sign letters and then vote…

Tenants union in Johnson Co. goes on offense against private equity

June 18, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Remember the 2023 story of mobile home residents in Johnson County whose parks were bought by investment company Havenpark Communities, then had their services taken away while their lot rents were jacked up? They started a couple of tenants’ unions—the Iowa Manufactured Home Residents…

Bruegger’s Bagels employees launch new union in Iowa

June 18, 2024

Workers at Bruegger’s Bagels, a nationwide bakery chain, are trying to unionize—and, surprisingly, the effort is starting in Iowa, a state with some of the fewest rights for workers in the country.

Affordability will be focus for Iowa Dems this year: Iowa Worker’s Almanac news and layoffs

January 8, 2026

Iowa House Democrats say they will focus on affordability in the upcoming legislative session, with plans for lowering property taxes, helping young Iowans buy their first homes, raising the minimum wage, and supporting the state’s workers.