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Category Archives: Labor
Join A Local Panel Discussion On The “Dirty Thirty” Corporate Tax Dodgers
There is a lot of talk about budget sequestration and federal deficit reduction happening in Washington D.C. What has been lost in the conversation is that there are scores of outrageously profitable U.S. corporations who pay little or no federal … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, Corporate Greed, Labor
Tagged corporate tax dodging, Dirty thirty corporations
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Labor Update: We Need To Move Our Economy Forward
The Iowa Federation of Labor just launched a new blog: http://iowalabornews.com/ It contains articles and links to pieces on organized labor both nationally and specifically in the state of Iowa. Here’s a sample: By Ken Sagar, President IFL The U.S. … Continue reading
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Labor Update: A Future Without Poverty
On January 17th, 2013, Tavis Smiley moderated a panel of public intellectuals on the topic of poverty in America – a topic so rarely discussed, you’d think it was a peripheral issue rather than the root cause (and consequence) of … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged labor, Poverty in America
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Iowa House Republicans' Anti-Union Bill DOA
The gang of Republicans in the state house kicked off last week asking for a constitutional amendment to include their political position on Iowa’s status as a right to work state in the Iowa Constitution. Didn’t they hear about the … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, GOP, Iowa Legislature, Labor
Tagged HJR 1, Iowa Legislature, labor, right to work, unions
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Branstad Creative On Jobs
From our friends at the Iowa Policy Project. If you have not heard, Governor Branstad is releasing numbers that only show hirings added but does not show people let go. Fudging the books or lying we used to call that. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Branstad, Labor
Tagged fake job numbers, jobs
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Labor Update: The Price Of Inequality
The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future By Joseph Stiglitz Book Review by Mike Matejka Grand Prairie Union News, Bloomington, Illinois Economics, the study of how we earn and spend our hard-earned pay, can be dry … Continue reading
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Tagged 99%, Joseph Stiglitz, labor, The Price of Inequality, Wealth pie
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Iowa Labor Events This Weekend
On January 5th, public employees will begin working with Governor Branstad to determine how effectively we can continue keeping our neighborhoods safe, healthy and strong. Unfortunately, Governor Branstad has chosen to vilify and attack public employees in order to score … Continue reading
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Tagged afscme, Iowa Federation of Labor, labor events
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State Of Working Iowa
As they do year after year, the folks over at Iowa Policy Project have put together a well researched paper concerning the state of work in Iowa at the end of each year. They have been doing this end of … Continue reading
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Tagged state of working iowa
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Labor Update: Fiscal Cliff Hanger Actions In Burlington, Davenport, Des Moines, Ames
FISCAL CLIFF HANGER Monday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day. It is also the day that union members and their community allies will be holding demonstrations and making calls to Congress to block cuts to Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid … Continue reading
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Tagged afl-cio iowa, Fiscal Cliff, International Human Rights Day, labor
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Republican View: Obama Didn’t Win
Nope. Looks like that win Obama claims may be up to dispute. Seems he actually came in second to last in the presidential race. Even their man, Mitt Romney, came in a close second. For 2013: No More Romney I hope … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Climate Change, Labor
Tagged bain, Clear Channel, Darden, Limbaugh, Papa John, walmart
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