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A protestor holds a sign that reads "The union is the voice of TAs & RAs" at the COGS' protest rally Jan. 29 at the Pentacrest on the Iowa City campus.

COGS rejects Iowa Board of Regents’ pay raise offer at first bargaining meeting

University of Iowa graduate student worker union COGS will be headed to a closed bargaining session with the Iowa Board of Regents Feb. 20 to negotiate a pay raise for the 2025-2027 academic year. Via their attorneys, the board offered…

Annie Smith Barkalow/February 13, 2025

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.

UI graduate workers’ union COGS to negotiate wages with Iowa Board of Regents this week

CBJ News Staff/February 3, 2025

A protester stands outside the downtown Iowa City Starbucks at 228 S. Clinton St.

Red cup rebellion: Iowa City Starbucks workers join strikes happening nationwide

Annie Smith Barkalow/November 16, 2023

Deere worker investigation ends, no criminal charges filed

CBJ News Staff/January 5, 2022

UPDATE: Unions want Lee to fight takeover bid

Noah Tong/November 30, 2021

Demand grows for Corridor apprenticeship programs

Third-year apprentice Chris Nicholson of Coralville practices stick-welding a steel plate at the Plumbers &…

Adam Moore/December 5, 2016