Jobs
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JBS workers at 2 Iowa plants win back pensions in national contract
Meatpacking workers at JBS plants across the country, including two in Iowa, just ratified a first-ever national contract across all plants.
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How’s the labor market look for Iowa graduates?
Trump’s attacks on the federal workforce, apprenticeships, and higher education, plus tariffs that threaten to increase prices on everything, could erase the strong labor market for Iowa graduates.
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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.
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Auditor Sand uncovers $430,000 fraud scheme in Iowa Workforce Development funded program
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 $426,000 in embezzled federal funds by an agency overseen by Iowa Workforce Development. The case…
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Seneca in Des Moines drops lawsuits against workers
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 workers. Both lawsuits, against Seneca workers Darien Berg and Jeffrey…
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Republicans skip out on legislative forum
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 opportunity to answer questions about their plans for the coming legislative session. This was…
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1,599 Iowans laid off at John Deere in 2024; more coming in January
Another round of layoffs at John Deere is coming to Iowa.
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11,400 Iowa workers laid off in agriculture economy downturn
Yesterday, the Iowa Farm Bureau actually quantified those losses for the state’s vast, 385,000-person agriculture workforce. And it’s not good.
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Cargill strike ENDS: Workers restart plant Thursday evening
Cargill strike news: The Cedar Rapids company and Teamsters Local 238 have ratified an agreement to end the monthlong strike.
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At Cargill strike rally, workers say company ignores them
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.
