Category Archives: Labor

Harkin Statement on the Wisconsin Budget Protest

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Harkin Statement on the Wisconsin Budget Protest February 18, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on the budget protest in Wisconsin:“States around … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: 40,000 TSA Workers Win Collective Bargaining Rights

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Labor Update:  40,000 TSA Workers Win Collective Bargaining Rights submitted by Tracy Kurowski Rights are a sound first step, says AFGE afge.org After a nine-year battle to secure workplace protections for Transportation Security Administration employees, the American Federation of Government … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Branstad's Anti-Worker Agenda

Posted on January 31, 2011 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Branstad's Anti-Worker Agenda  By Tracy Kurowski Within hours of being sworn in, Governor Branstad’s first official act as Iowa’s Chief Executive Officer was to rescind Governor Vilsack’s order that requires state officials to seriously consider using Project Labor … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Taxpayer- Subsidized Keokuk Company Locks Out Workers

Posted on January 24, 2011 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update:  Taxpayer-Subsidized Keokuk Company Locks Out Workers The following letter was read at Thursday's meeting of the Iowa Department of Economic Development by Mark Cooper, President of the South Central Iowa Federation of Labor on behalf of the Quad … Continue reading →

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Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap by Paul Deaton [Editors' Note: Following is a weekly recap of stories from Des Moines that came through the Weekend Editor's in-box in the second week … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Martin Luther King Championed Workers’ Rights

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Labor Update:  Martin Luther King Championed Workers' Right To Form Unions Mondays on Blog for Iowa are reserved for our labor update column. Did you know that the workers Martin Luther King was in Memphis helping when he was assassinated … Continue reading →

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Iowa Progressives and the Reagan Centennial

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa Progressives and the Reagan Centennial by Paul DeatonWhen Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act near the Statue of Liberty in 1986, the new law required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status and granted amnesty … Continue reading →

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Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap by Paul Deaton [Editors' Note: During the first week of the 84th Iowa General Assembly scores of things happened at a rapid clip. Following is a … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: No Corporate Welfare For Keokuk Company

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Labor Update:  No Corporate Welfare For Keokuk Company by Tracy Kurowski [Though the news of the Arizona shooting has absorbed my day, I want to make sure that there is ample opportunity to get this petition out across Iowa.] Among … Continue reading →

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Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap by Paul Deaton [Editors' Note: With Republicans controlling Terrace Hill and the Iowa House of Representatives, a lot of news is expected from the Iowa Capitol … Continue reading →

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