Tag: wages
Teamsters begin strike against Cargill corn plant in Cedar Rapids
Members of Teamsters Local 238 voted Tuesday, Oct. 1 to authorize a strike against Cargill’s corn milling plant in southeast Cedar Rapids.
Local 238 leaders...
Residential building worker wages continue to rise
Compared to a year ago, average hourly earnings for residential building workers continue to rise, as the construction labor market remains tight, the National...
Conference Board: Higher inflation to persist into 2023
Inflation has skyrocketed over the past year, hitting 7% by the end of 2021, and a variety of pressures, both temporary and persistent, are...
Iowans’ unemployment and injury benefits increase
Iowa Workforce Development announced on Wednesday there will be an increase to the amount of maximum weekly benefits paid to unemployed Iowans and to...
(Un)Hired Help: Working on the edge
The American economy has roared back to life since the Great Recession more than a decade ago, but the crisis also left a permanent...
(Un)Hired Help: Working on the edge
The American economy has roared back to life since the Great Recession more than a decade ago, but the crisis also left a permanent...
Baur sees higher wages, lower stock returns ahead
Robert Baur, chief global economist for Principal Global Investors, speaks at the CBJ’s June 27 Mid-Year Economic Review. He sees the current bull market...
Working for a Living: The minimum wage fight continues
Protesters hold a mini-protest at the Iowa Statehouse calling for a $15 minimum wage during Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address on...
New CBJ series: Working for a living
Culver’s crew member Myson Rodgers rings up a sale at the chain’s Edgewood Road location in Cedar Rapids. In an effort to retain workers...