Paige Godden

Presidents of two major international labor organizations are praising Vice President Joe Biden’s new plan to protect unions. The plan takes a number of steps to protect workers’ rights by holding CEOs responsible for interfering with organizing efforts, ensuring employers who engage in union-busting do not receive federal dollars and going after any employer that…

Sen. Bernie Sanders made it clear he’s fighting for working people during his recent two-day swing through Iowa. He pushed his strong union ties, the fight for a $15 per hour minimum wage and efforts to make health care a human right. This trip was his first back on the campaign trail in Iowa since…

Former Vice President Joe Biden is “working like hell to win Iowa.”  At least, that’s what he told reporters Wednesday afternoon in Iowa during a quick two-county swing. “It could end up being a must-win,” Biden said, of the first-in-the-nation caucus state. “It could not make a difference. It depends on how things roll out.”…

Senator Amy Klobuchar had a good week following her performance on Tuesday’s debate stage. She raised more than $1.5 million in just 36 hours — in comparison to the $4.8 million she raised all of the third quarter — and her team collected a record amount of commit to caucus cards Friday. Klobuchar revealed two…

He won’t be in the debate this evening, but Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is still making progress in Iowa today with the new endorsements of several notable Iowans. The list of new endorsers include Woodbury County Supervisor Marty Pottebaum, Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker, former Iowa Senate Assistant Majority Leader Staci Appel and former…

Sunday’s United Food and Commercial Workers forum in Altoona was supposed to be focused on labor issues. In the hall, with several hundred labor union members seated in the audience, it was. Outside, not so much. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who’s had a tough time polling over 3%, said “I don’t know, I don’t know,”…