Iowa

Faculty Forward fights at the U. of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, June 3 — Some 210 members of Faculty Forward Iowa are fighting for better working conditions for…

June 9, 2018

Iowans protest ICE raid

Mount Pleasant, Iowa — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 32 immigrant workers after raiding the concrete manufacturing plant MPC…

May 18, 2018

Workers’ Memorial Day in Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa — Iowa workers gathered in the Hawkeye State to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day and continue the fight…

May 10, 2018

Activists arrested in Iowa protesting U.S. drone deaths

Des Moines, Iowa — Four anti-war activists were arrested here Dec. 28 after protesting war crimes committed by U.S. armed…

January 4, 2018

Iowa workers resist attack on minimum wage

Des Moines, Iowa — A new Iowa law stripped away minimum-wage increases across the state the week of March 27…

May 7, 2017

Iowa workers fight anti-union law

Des Moines, Iowa - Iowa workers are fighting to save the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees after Gov.…

February 25, 2017

Fighting wage theft in Iowa City

Iowa City, Iowa - Workers are demanding justice for labor violations committed by Georgia-based Rimax Contractors during construction of the…

January 22, 2017

Iowa workers unionize at military-industrial PAE

Urbandale, Iowa - Workers at Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. will begin contract negotiations on Jan. 21 after winning a…

December 10, 2016

After Polk County ‘compromise,’ Fight for $15 goes statewide in Iowa

Polk County, Iowa - In reaction to a vote by the Polk County Board of Supervisors for a compromised wage…

November 4, 2016