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New from : During a speech this week, Gov. Kim Reynolds claimed a 2017 law she signed to limit collective bargaining for public employees improved relations between workers and management. Labor representatives disagree.
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New from : Meet another new legislator starting this week—Janice Weiner of Iowa City. In previous US Foreign Service roles, she was tasked with developing relationships with legislators across the political spectrum.
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The workers on strike said the company wasn’t even offering what replacement workers are currently making.
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New from @amierrivers: The strikes at Case New Holland plants will continue in Iowa and Wisconsin as the UAW members vote down a proposed contract. Burlington workers accepted the deal overall, but Racine members voted enough against it. iowastartingline.com/2023/01/09/uaw
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It's easy to keep expectations low, given what statehouse Republicans (who now have a supermajority in the Iowa Senate) have done in years' past to gut workers' rights. But they could also do some good, like banning low-wage noncompetes & allow adoptive parents company leave.
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New from @amierrivers: Worker advocates are bracing for another round of GOP-backed bills that undermine working Iowans, but there's also some positive legislation they think has a shot. Here's what those are: iowastartingline.com/2023/01/09/iow
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New from : A Northern Iowa facility that provides dementia care is closing tomorrow, laying off 48 workers and forcing families to look elsewhere. Rescue Plan money kept the facility afloat for a while, but other funding didn't come through
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Iowa's Nathan Blake one of the former Obama field organizers that took part in this reflection of Obama's 2008 Iowa Caucus win
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15 years ago today, our campaign won the Iowa caucuses. I’ll always be grateful to the people who organized across the state, and built the relationships that made it all possible. I recently sat down with six organizers to talk about that time and what they’ve been up to since.
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ICYMI: They were called "essential workers" yet they were left out of many relief programs because of their legal status. Here's how meatpacking plant workers in Iowa have organized to get federal relief to those who risked their lives:
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New from : After risking their lives during the worst of the pandemic, Iowa meatpacking plant workers, including many undocumented immigrants and refugees, are organizing to secure help for those essential workers from federal funds
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“It wouldn’t have been possible without the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden in August, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed in December 2021.” Jobs and economic boost, thanks to Dems.
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New from @n_hytrek: A shuttered wind turbine blade facility in Fort Madison will reopen thanks to federal legislation. iowastartingline.com/2022/12/22/ano
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New from : Graduate students used to flock to the University of Iowa for higher teaching wages. But their pay has since fallen far behind. The local grad student union is fighting for a bigger cost-of-living raise:
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