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Category Archives: Labor
Will Labor Rise Again?
As America takes its annual weekend to celebrate Labor a person who pays attention to the issues of the day can’t help but wonder what the Labor movement must do to resurrect its fortunes in the United States. Those who … Continue reading
An Iowa Onion Trimmer
Between picture perfect onions and the compost heap lies an opportunity. A friend grows onions using organic practices as part of a Community Supported Agriculture project. Onions are harvested from the field then dried in the greenhouse for storage. Sorting, … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Labor
Tagged farming, onions, Progressive Community, sustainability, worklife
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$15 An Hour? You Bet!
Here is a brief video from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI) concerning the move for a minimum wage of $15 per hour in Polk County. $15 an hour works out to slightly over $30,000 per year before taxes for … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, minimum wage, Walmart
Tagged Nick Hanauer, subsidies for corporations
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Women's Global Leadership Program – Part 2
Women’s Global Leadership Program – Part 2 – Click here to read Part 1 In March, I had the privilege to participate in the first-ever AFLCIO Women’s Global Leadership Program alongside nearly fifty other women from a broad spectrum of … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Economy, Labor, womens rights
Tagged economic status of women, women's economic issues, women's global leadership program
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Women's Global Leadership Program
Women’s Global Leadership Program – Part 1 In March, I had the privilege to participate in the first-ever AFLCIO Women’s Global Leadership Program alongside nearly fifty other women from a broad spectrum of trade unions across the US. It was … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Labor, womens rights
Tagged Status of women, women and labor, women's global leadership program, women's rights
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McChesney, Nichols: Billionaires Do Not Care About Us
Try not to get too depressed by the bummer title of Robert McChesney and John Nichols’ new book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. They say we just have to do two things: (1) … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, economic inequality, Economy, Jobs, Labor
Tagged corporate greed, economy, jobs, John Nichols, Robert McChesney
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Quad Cities Coalition for Worker Justice Holds Rally at Brandt Construction
Brandt Construction asks NLRB to postpone hearing while company owner vacations in Italy Dakota Upshaw has been on strike against Milan, Illinois-based Brandt Construction Company since last July. He had been working for Brandt’s subcontractor Hybrand in Muscatine for a … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged NLRB, QC Coalition for Worker Justice, worker safety
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Flint and Reagan's Wake
Driving out of Flint, Mich. on Bristol Road wasn’t in the plans. I interviewed some 30 people, all but one male, for truck driving jobs at the Days Inn across from the GM plant. Tired and ready for sleep, I … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Labor, middle-class
Tagged Flint, Flint water crisis, GM, labor, Michael Moore, middle class, Ronald Reagan, unions
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IFL: Taxes Are The Legislature’s Responsibility
GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: TAXES ARE THE LEGISLATURE’S RESPONSIBILITY link Buried deep in all of the messes that the Branstad Administration has created, there is a little known action going on in the Department of Revenue which will have dangerous consequences not … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Iowa Federation of Labor, Iowa Legislature, Labor
Tagged taxes
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Oscar Mayer's Long Road
DAVENPORT — The Kraft Foods Oscar Mayer plant on Second Street will be razed as its new owner, Kraft Heinz, plans to move operations and layoff much of the workforce at the long-time meat packing plant. Wednesday’s announcement, that Kraft … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Economy, Jobs, Labor, Progressive Community
Tagged big food, corporate America, corporate news, labor, Oscar Mayer, Processed Food, UFCW, Warren Buffett
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