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Beating deadline on new labor law key to union victory in Iowa Supreme Court ruling. ... Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register. October 27, 2023 at 5:04 PM. David May, whom Gov. Kim Reynolds ...
Charlie Wishman, president of the Iowa AFL-CIO, said Monday’s event was meant to inspire union members to advocate for changes that will help organized labor and its workers, as was done by ...
Eastern Iowa laborers are disappointed with the state's lobbying for looser child labor restrictions. At a roundtable hosted at the IBEW 405 Union Hall in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night ...
Weaver and his wife moved their household in 1890 from Bloomfield to Colfax, near Des Moines, as the former Congressman took up more active management of the Iowa Tribune. [111] The Greenback and Union Labor parties were defunct, but he still proselytized for their ideals. [112]
EMC Expo Center (formerly named Hy-Vee Hall, which the Hy-Vee supermarket chain (based in West Des Moines) owned the naming rights to), is the Iowa Events Center's new exhibition hall. It features 100,000 square feet (9,000 m 2) of space for trade shows, conventions, and other major events.
He was born in Coal Valley, Rock Island County, Illinois in 1870 and went to work in the mines as a teenager before moving with his family to Iowa. He joined the United Mine Workers and was eventually elected District 13 secretary-treasurer in 1899.
Sami Scheetz represents portions of Cedar Rapids in the Iowa House. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Reject GOP's union-busting bid to stifle labor's advances in Iowa
Des Moines (/ d ə ˈ m ɔɪ n / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. [6]