Worker’s Almanac
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Iowa’s child labor problem 10 times worse than national rate: News for workers, Sept. 17, 2026
Our state had 10 times the rate of child labor law violations compared to the US as a whole in 2025, according to Common Good Iowa’s Sean Finn—and businesses are rarely penalized for it.
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Iowa workers stiffed $900 million a year. He wants to stop that theft
An estimated $900 million is stolen from Iowa workers by their employers every year. If he’s elected, labor lawyer Nate Willems says the state will finally do something about that.
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Rents rising faster in Cedar Rapids: Iowa worker news and layoffs, Sept. 10, 2026
Rents are rising faster in Cedar Rapids and Linn County than in other parts of Iowa—a trend Escucha Mi Voz links to the boom of data center building in the area.
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Will Amendment 1 in Iowa prevent us from raising taxes on the rich?
Raising taxes on the rich is an extremely popular issue. Amendment 1 would basically take that option away—and with Iowa running billion-dollar deficits lately, the rest of us could be making up the difference.
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Hinson, Miller-Meeks, Nunn’s records on worker-friendly bills
They say they care about Iowa workers. But are they actually voting for us?
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2026 Labor Day events around Iowa: News, layoffs, and more
Celebrate Labor Day on Monday with your fellow laborers at one of these events.
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What ICE money could buy: Iowa layoffs and news Aug. 27, 2026
EPI has a nifty new calculator that tells you exactly how much your state’s (or metro’s) taxpayers are paying for the billions of dollars ICE is getting, and what that could pay for instead.
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Who needs heat safety? Iowa layoffs and news, Aug. 6, 2026
Republicans in the US House are advancing legislation that would disallow OSHA from passing national heat safety standards.
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‘I gotta choose between gas and bread:’ Workers on strike in Cedar Rapids
Fifty-four skilled workers at the Pactiv Evergreen plant are tired of inflation eating up their paycheck—and tired of the middle class getting eaten up, too.
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Legal Haitian workers suddenly not legal: Iowa worker news and layoffs, July 30, 2026
Haitian workers who are here legally on Temporary Protected Status had that protection stripped away Monday, leaving 300,000 of them at risk of deportation—including many in Waterloo.
