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Iowa Fire Fighters Union Endorse Biden
The Iowa Professional Fire Fighters union has voted to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses. “Vice President Biden is honored and humbled to have the endorsement of the Iowa Professional Fire Fighters. Every day, Iowa’s firefighters put their lives on the line in communities across our state,” said Biden’s Iowa…
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Violence Against Workers Spikes At Independence Facility
Four staff members were attacked while working at the Independence Mental Health Institute over a nine day period, according to an AFSCME Council 61 statement earlier today. The incidents began on June 6 when a residential treatment worker was hit on the head and jaw by a patient who escaped restraints. The staff member is…
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Iowa Labor Lawsuits Pile Up, But State Rarely Gets Punished
At least seven unions have filed lawsuits against the State of Iowa since collective bargaining rules changed in 2017. Complaints have been filed against the Iowa Board of Regents, the State of Iowa and the Public Employment Relations Board for alleged unfair treatment of public safety employees and for questions about the validity of agreements…
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Iowa Fire Fighters Union May Be The Next To Endorse Biden
Iowa firefighters showed up for Joe Biden during his latest two swings throughout Iowa, but state union members have yet to officially endorse him. The state group won’t offer an endorsement to any candidate until after its state convention June 20 and 21, when delegates from across Iowa will meet and cast their votes. Doug…
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Julian Castro Promises To Appoint Progressive Judges To Overcome McConnell
Democrat Julian Castro promised a 9-year-old girl in Urbandale who asked him about climate change that his first executive order as president would be to sign the Paris Climate Accord. That, Castro said during an Urbandale house party on Friday, would ensure her generation has cleaner air and water. Castro called climate change “the biggest…
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Warren’s New Plan To Help Small Business Owners Of Color
Elizabeth Warren unveiled today her plan to create a Small Business Equity Fund, which would work to even the playing field for entrepreneurs of color who are trying to start their own businesses. According to an outline of Warren’s plan, on average Black, Latinx, Native American and other minority households have less wealth and therefore…
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Iowa Union Workers Wonder Where Trump’s Jobs Are
President Donald Trump traveled to Iowa yesterday to tout his administration’s record on the economy, immigration, and rural America issues. Just before his visit, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann boasted about Trump’s “ground-breaking policies that have brought 5.4 million new jobs, lower taxes and fair trade deals for American farmers and manufacturers.” Union…
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Steve Bullock Ties His IRS Fight To Iowa Labor, Women’s Health Laws
Montana Governor Steve Bullock blames the radical changes Iowa’s collective bargain laws have undergone in recent years on the so-called “dark money” that’s being funneled into the state, he said during an interview with Starting Line last week. The Democratic presidential hopeful is fighting back against dark money and foreign money by suing the International…
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Bernie Sanders Marches With Striking McDonald’s Workers To Dem Event
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders marched with a crowd of hundreds to the Iowa Hall of Fame event in Cedar Rapids Sunday afternoon with striking McDonald’s workers from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. The workers were demanding the right to unionize so they can raise their pay, end sexual harassment and workplace violence. Chants of "This…
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Warren Campaign Unionizes, Joining Other Dems In New Trend
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign staffers are now among several hundred 2020 campaign workers who have unionized. In doing so, the campaign joins the likes of the staffers who work for the presidential campaigns of Julián Castro, Eric Swalwell, and Bernie Sanders. In a tweet Thursday morning, Warren said, “Every worker who wants to join…
