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This week’s Iowa layoffs and more working news you can use

July 2, 2025

This week’s working news you can use: Job Corps cuts hurt Iowa’s employment: Despite its success, Ottumwa Job Corps—which offers free education and vocational training for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24—is among the 99 programs the Trump Administration is shutting down. The closure eliminates over 100 jobs in small-town Iowa, and displaces the 240…

This week’s Iowa layoffs and more working news you can use

150+ job apps. Zero offers. One Iowa grad’s story.

September 25, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. I’ve written before about how the job market is abysmal right now, which is particularly hard on new graduates and those just trying to get started in their field. Now, one of those recent grads is confirming just how bad…

150+ job apps. Zero offers. One Iowa grad’s story.

You think Iowa is hollowing out now? Just wait

July 17, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 17, 2025. As part of our Cancer in Iowa series (starting next week!), Zachary and I are looking for Iowans who have concerns that the chemicals, processes, or other things in your workplace may be cancer-causing—or have already caused cancer…

You think Iowa is hollowing out now? Just wait

Des Moines workers locked out. Here’s how to help

February 26, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. Workers at a Des Moines plant have been locked out of work by their employer. But what is a lockout—and how can you support workers right now? Watch the latest edition of Clocked In on: YouTube Facebook TikTok …

Des Moines workers locked out. Here’s how to help

The Iowa industry that built families and fought racism—then vanished

February 6, 2026

Iowa’s meatpacking history is an essential part of the state’s overall story. Here’s why.

The Iowa industry that built families and fought racism—then vanished

Are Iowa’s Ukrainian workers next to go?

August 7, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. What do you do if you’re the president, the economy is going south, and Americans are looking to you for leadership? Own it? (remember “the buck stops here”?) At least tell us your plan to fix it? LOL, not…

Are Iowa’s Ukrainian workers next to go?

Iowa DOGE recommends cutting public worker IPERS for new hires

August 18, 2025

The Iowa DOGE task force wants to cut IPERS for new hires, the public employee retirement system that thousands of teachers, corrections officers, and more rely on to get them through their golden years. This does not sit well with those workers, the unions they’re covered by, or young folks thinking about a government job. Some on…

Iowa DOGE recommends cutting public worker IPERS for new hires

Iowa Worker’s Almanac: Working class news and upcoming layoffs, Aug. 21

August 22, 2025

Muscatine construction worker and victim of crime jailed: Jesús Hernández was shot when two people tried stealing his car. After a hospital stay, he went to pick up his car—and immigration enforcement officials detained him for being undocumented. Congress created a U-visa that protects victims of crime who assist in prosecutions, but so far the county attorney has refused…

Iowa Worker’s Almanac: Working class news and upcoming layoffs, Aug. 21

3 work-related bills to watch in the Iowa Legislature

January 23, 2026

The Iowa Legislature is officially back in session. Here are three worker-focused bills you should be paying attention to, and whether they have a chance of becoming law.

3 work-related bills to watch in the Iowa Legislature

Davenport Starbucks is 2nd in Iowa to unionize

July 17, 2024

A second Starbucks has officially unionized in Iowa—and two workers there say they were almost the first. Eighteen workers at the Starbucks store on East 53rd Street in Davenport filed with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize in May. Out of 17 eligible voters, 16 of them voted—and 15 voted for the union, an…

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