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Based in part on the urging of Iowa’s top Republican officials, President Donald Trump reportedly will sign an executive order today to mandate meatpacking plants stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg first broke the news late Tuesday morning, reporting Trump will invoke the Defense Production Act “to order the companies to stay open as…

Based in part on the urging of Iowa’s top Republican officials, President Donald Trump reportedly will sign an executive order today to mandate meatpacking plants stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg first broke the news late Tuesday morning, reporting Trump will invoke the Defense Production Act “to order the companies to stay open as…

The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday morning to designate the month of September as “Labor Union Appreciation Month.” “Whereas, hard working men and women across the state of Iowa prove that our community is filled with the most creative, dynamic, and talented workers in the world,” part of the proclamation read. “During this…

A few 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have proposed creating a sectoral collective bargaining system in the United States, or plan to rewrite the law forcing unions to negotiate solely with their employers. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed “most pro-worker member of the United States Congress,” Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a former labor-side lawyer, and…

From self check-out lanes at Walmart to automated ordering kiosks at McDonald’s, workers in Iowa and across the country are being replaced by machines. The idea that automated intelligence is taking over good-paying jobs may seem like something that doesn’t need to be addressed for another decade or two, but one Iowa expert said computers…