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A few hours remain before results roll in from tonight’s precinct caucuses in Iowa, but satellite caucus locations held earlier today in Iowa, around America and abroad revealed interesting early clues to support and organization. The Iowa Democratic Party exerted extra effort this year to make the caucuses more accessible, including Spanish language precincts, ADA…

A few hours remain before results roll in from tonight’s precinct caucuses in Iowa, but satellite caucus locations held earlier today in Iowa, around America and abroad revealed interesting early clues to support and organization. The Iowa Democratic Party exerted extra effort this year to make the caucuses more accessible, including Spanish language precincts, ADA…

The AFL-CIO in Des Moines has scheduled at least 21 Democratic presidential candidates will speak at the largest labor cattle call in the nation Aug. 21 at Prairie Meadows. The event is open to union members and the media, though not the general public. Charlie Wishman, secretary and treasurer of the Iowa Federation of Labor,…

Iowa firefighters showed up for Joe Biden during his latest two swings throughout Iowa, but state union members have yet to officially endorse him. The state group won’t offer an endorsement to any candidate until after its state convention June 20 and 21, when delegates from across Iowa will meet and cast their votes. Doug…

Two Democratic presidential campaigns collided in the hallway of the Hilton Garden Inn in Iowa City Thursday night outside of the Women Leaders Rising: 2020 Issue Forum.  Amy Klobuchar had just finished telling the group of over 100 women that she is a union champion and a daughter of the Midwest, while Kirsten Gillibrand was…

If you’ve always wanted to see a dancing Bernie Sanders singing along to tunes from the Broadway musical ‘A Chorus Line,’ then the Iowa Stage Theatre Company has just the production for you. Writer Robert John Ford will premiere his musical ‘Adore Us! Line’ on Jan. 24, 2019. It features actors who will play all…

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign staffers are now among several hundred 2020 campaign workers who have unionized. In doing so, the campaign joins the likes of the staffers who work for the presidential campaigns of Julián Castro, Eric Swalwell, and Bernie Sanders. In a tweet Thursday morning, Warren said, “Every worker who wants to join…