Cedar Rapids School Bus Drivers To Protest ‘Union Busting’ Efforts at Monday School Board Meeting
Bus drivers with the largest school district in eastern Iowa are upset at what they say is a gutting of their contract just weeks before... Read more.
Five Flags Center Workers In Dubuque Now Unionized
When “the show must go on” at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque, it’s backstage workers that make it happen. Now, those workers are making... Read more.
Autopsy Report: Maquoketa Caves Shooter Stabbed, Strangled Victims
Warning: graphic descriptions. The man authorities say killed three members of a Cedar Falls family at an Iowa state park campground last month shot, stabbed... Read more.
Cedar Rapids Factory Workers Go On Strike
After months of negotiating over their contract, workers at an eastern Iowa manufacturing plant are on strike until a deal is struck. Ingredion workers affiliat... Read more.
Amie Takes A Hike: Wildcat Den State Park Still Leaves A Mark
I’m hiking every beautiful place I can think of around my home state, to showcase the beauty Iowa has to offer. Follow along on social... Read more.
Union, Bridgestone Reach Tentative Agreement To Avoid Strike At Des Moines Plant
Just minutes before their contract expired, United Steelworkers officials announced to workers they had a tentative agreement in place with Bridgestone in Des M... Read more.
Burlington Case Workers Still On Strike After Nearly 3 Months
After nearly three months of a union strike in southeast Iowa, workers say there’s no sign of an agreement in sight. More than 1,000 unionized... Read more.
Planned Parenthood Workers, Including In Iowa, Unionize
More than 400 health care workers at Planned Parenthood locations across five Upper Midwest states including Iowa are now covered by a union. Across 28... Read more.
Iowans Are Struggling On Low Wages, And It’s Only Getting Worse
Chris Pietropinto knows what it’s like to have to choose between bills. For the last two decades, the Cedar Rapids woman and her husband have... Read more.
Beloved Cedar Falls Librarian And Family Remembered After Slaying
The Cedar Falls community is reeling after the sudden, violent deaths of a beloved librarian, her husband and their young daughter. Sarah Schmidt, 42, along... Read more.