651 laid off at Whirlpool in Amana
On Tuesday, news broke that 651 Iowans are soon to be laid off by June 1 from Whirlpool in Amana. That's about a third of its workforce.
On Tuesday, news broke that 651 Iowans are soon to be laid off by June 1 from Whirlpool in Amana. That's about a third of its workforce.
Embezzled federal funds paid a family member’s cell phone bills and non-existent daycare services. Auditor Rob Sand says the state needs to prioritize oversight in light of investigation. A special investigation by Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand found evidence of...
Remember the 14+ Seneca workers in Des Moines who left their jobs after their company switched the equipment they knew how to service, and then got sued by Seneca over their noncompete agreements? The company has now dropped lawsuits against at least two of those...
The Republican Party holds the reins of state government but skipped out on laying their priorities out in an open forum. Democratic leaders in the state House and Senate laid out opportunities for future work. Statehouse Republican leaders ghosted on an...
Another round of layoffs at John Deere is coming to Iowa.
Yesterday, the Iowa Farm Bureau actually quantified those losses for the state's vast, 385,000-person agriculture workforce. And it's not good.
Cargill strike news: The Cedar Rapids company and Teamsters Local 238 have ratified an agreement to end the monthlong strike.
At Thursday's rally at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids, where around 100 Teamsters-affiliated workers have been on a Cargill strike since Oct. 1, workers talked about the disrespect they say they've gotten from their company during negotiations.
Workers say that the company not respecting them is a major factor of why there's an ongoing Cargill Cedar Rapids strike.
Around 100 workers at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids are officially on strike.