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Members of UI's graduate student worker union COGS gather Wednesday outside the Pentacrest. Wages are not keeping step with inflation and are not sustainable, they say.

Iowa Board of Regents finalizes contracts with COGS, SEIU

The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesday to ratify collective bargaining agreements with Campaign to Organize Student Workers, or COGS, the University of Iowa graduate student employee union, and the UI Health Care workers union, Service Employees International Union Minnesota…

Negotiations with mediator set as strike against Cargill in Cedar Rapids enters second week

Negotiations are set to begin Wednesday with a federal mediator regarding the ongoing strike by…

Cargill strike picket line

Union curious: Support for unions grows, membership numbers decline

Union membership across the U.S. continues to decline, despite growing public support for unions and…

Bruegger's Bagels employees picket outside the franchise's South Riverside Drive location on June 15, 2024, in Iowa City. union

Iowa City, Coralville Bruegger’s Bagels locations unionize

Two Bruegger’s Bagels locations in the Corridor have become the first in the nation to…

Bruegger's Bagels employees picket outside the franchise's South Riverside Drive location on June 15, 2024, in Iowa City. union

Iowa City Starbucks union vote passes unanimously

Workers at Starbucks in Iowa City, after announcing plans to unionize in late March, have…

Workers at the Iowa City Starbucks, located at 228 S Clinton St., have voted to unionize. CREDIT NOAH TONG

Englert Theatre production staff want union contract

Englert Theatre stagehands and technicians with IATSE Local 690 are seeking a contract with the…

Englert Theatre, April 2023. CREDIT NOAH TONG

Union votes to end Ingredion strike in Cedar Rapids

Ingredion union members will be heading back to work at the company’s Cedar Rapids plant…

Ingredion Cedar Rapids plant

Firefighters union, Sen. Sanders express support for striking Ingredion workers

As both sides in a protracted union strike against Ingredion in Cedar Rapids continue to…

Ingredion worker strike

Ingredion union leader: Strike resolution not likely before year’s end

Barring an unexpected breakthrough, it now appears that 2022 will end without resolution of a…

Ingredion worker strike

Ingredion strike part of growing national trend

With a union strike against the Ingredion plant in Cedar Rapids nearing the end of…

Ingredion worker strike

ADM strike averted as Teamsters vote to ratify new contract

Teamsters Local 238 union members at ADM’s southwest Cedar Rapids plant voted early Tuesday, Nov.…

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Teamsters union workers at ADM preparing for strike Tuesday

Representatives of Teamsters union workers at the ADM corn processing plant in southwest Cedar Rapids…

ADM Cedar Rapids

Striking Ingredion union to picket at Illinois headquarters

Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International union in a…

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Striking Ingredion workers rally, focus on plant safety concerns

Over 100 faith, labor, and community members joined striking Ingredion workers on the picket line…

Ingredion workers strike

No talks slated as Ingredion strike nears end of second month

As a strike between Ingredion and its unionized plant employees in Cedar Rapids nears the…

Ingredion strike Chicago

Union representative hoping talks next week can resolve Ingredion strike

A representative of the 120 union members on strike against the Ingredion plant in southwest…

Ingredion workers strike