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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…

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…

Iowa City, Coralville Bruegger’s Bagels locations unionize
Two Bruegger’s Bagels locations in the Corridor have become the first in the nation to…

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

Englert Theatre production staff want union contract
Englert Theatre stagehands and technicians with IATSE Local 690 are seeking a contract with the…

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…

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 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 strike part of growing national trend
With a union strike against the Ingredion plant in Cedar Rapids nearing the end of…

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.…

Teamsters union workers at ADM preparing for strike Tuesday
Representatives of Teamsters union workers at the ADM corn processing plant in southwest 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…

Striking Ingredion workers rally, focus on plant safety concerns
Over 100 faith, labor, and community members joined striking Ingredion workers on the picket line…

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…

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…
