Category Archives: Labor

Harkin Labor Day Report: America’s Middle Class Needs Our Help

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Dave Bradley

In Advance of President’s Address on Jobs, Labor Committee Chairman Releases Report Showing Why Government Investments in Middle Class are Critical WASHINGTON – As the nation prepares to honor America’s workers this weekend, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee … Continue reading →

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Labor Day 2011: Work Is What Connects Us All

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Trish Nelson

by Ken Sagar This Labor Day we honor and recognize our neighbors, the working women and men who keep our country running. We’re honoring the transit workers who spend hours in traffic and weather to get us where we need … Continue reading →

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Workers Will Return To Keokuk Plant

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Inthesetimes.com 10-Month Iowa Lockout Ends With New Contract, and Disappointment A ten-month lockout at Roquette America’s corn milling plant in Iowa has come to an end after its unionized workers agreed to a new collective bargaining deal. [see previous … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Stand With Striking Construction Workers On UI Campus

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Labor Update: Stand With Striking Construction Workers On UI Campus Here’s another opportunity to stand with striking construction workers on the University of Iowa campus. Wed July 27 11am-1pm across from West Lawn. More details below.This construction project is setting … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Hearings Today Over NLRB Proposed Rules For Organizing

Posted on July 18, 2011 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Hearings Today Over NLRB Proposed Rules For Organizing by Tracy KurowskiOn June 21st, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed new rules dealing with union elections, a process that has not been significantly changed since the Taft Hartley … Continue reading →

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Iowa Feels the Branstad Effect

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa Feels the Branstad Effect by Paul Deaton Before we realized it, the Branstad administration is leaving a mark on the state. The impression is not good. Focus has been on budget cuts during a time when the state revenues … Continue reading →

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Muscatine Iowa and a Triple Bottom Line

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Muscatine Iowa and a Triple Bottom Line by Paul Deaton Grain Processing Corporation may have already received return on its proposed $75 million investment in a new grain dryer in Muscatine when Mayor Richard O'Brien said the company's plans should … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Boeing V National Labor Relations Board

Posted on May 23, 2011 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Boeing V National Labor Relations Board by Tracy Kurowski It’s the Confederates Versus the Union 150 years later, same horrible story of bigoted plutocratic stubbornness and the inevitable success of the people. The good news about the stink … Continue reading →

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Progressives and Iowa Food Prices

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Progressives and Iowa Food Prices by Paul Deaton [Editor's Note: This is first in a series of articles about food and food pricing].Why would a lime would cost $0.69 in one store and $0.44 in another five miles away, a … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Children of Locked Out Workers Grateful for Food

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Labor Update: Children of Locked Out Workers Grateful for Food Keokuk, Iowa – The 48G Union families are nearing the eighth month of their lockout from Roquette America, Inc. Since October, 2010, the Helping Hands for the Communities food distributions … Continue reading →