Category: Labor

Iowa native celebrates new deal after 5-month writers’ strike

Posted October 3rd, 2023 at 12:00pm by Amie Rivers

Iowa native and comedy writer Romen Borsellino, right, walks the Writers Guild picket line in Los Angeles in summer 2023. (Photo taken by Brittany Woodside, courtesy of Romen Borsellino)

Iowa teaching assistants still fighting Regents for higher pay

Posted September 29th, 2023 at 12:42pm by Amie Rivers

University of Iowa graduate student teaching assistants and their allies protest a Board of Regents meeting to demand cost-of-living raises on Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo from COGS/UE Local 896 Twitter/X)

After winning wage theft case, 11K UIHC employees get their money

Posted September 19th, 2023 at 12:23pm by Amie Rivers

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Iowa groups back $16 billion bill extending child care support

Posted September 19th, 2023 at 10:50am by Nikoel Hytrek

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An Iowan In Hollywood Answers Questions About WGA Strike

Posted September 11th, 2023 at 5:41pm by Amie Rivers

Iowa native and comedy writer Romen Borsellino, right, walks the Writers Guild picket line in Los Angeles in summer 2023. (Photo taken by Brittany Woodside, courtesy of Romen Borsellino)

Feds Give Warning About Iowa’s Child Labor Law Rollback

Posted September 1st, 2023 at 4:24pm by Amie Rivers

Union groups rally against a bill to rollback Iowa’s child labor laws. Starting Line Staff Photo

Guest Post: I’m a Teacher Wasting Valuable Time on Iowa’s Nonsense New Laws

Posted August 28th, 2023 at 10:35am by Guest Post

A banned book display at the Reading in Public book store in West Des Moines. Some of the books in the display were recently pulled from shelves in the Urbandale School District. Photo by Ty Rushing/Starting Line

‘Poor Management’ Reason for First-Day Strike at Iowa City Starbucks

Posted August 25th, 2023 at 2:59pm by Grace Katzer

Iowa City Starbucks unionized workers hold signs during a one-day back-to-school strike protesting poor management alongside Rep. Adam Zabner (left) on Aug. 21, 2023. Photo from Rep. Zabner’s Twitter post.

Teamsters and UPS Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike, 340,000 Workers to Get Raises

Posted July 25th, 2023 at 12:27pm by Keya Vakil

FILE – UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, July 25, 2023, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Judge Rules Against Railroad After Iowa Worker Hit In Head

Posted July 18th, 2023 at 2:30pm by Amie Rivers

An unidentified worker rides on the side ladder of a train as the train enters a Burlington Northern Santa Fe railyard near Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, July 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)