Labor

Host Ben Kieffer speaks with several guests from across Iowa to talk about shortages that have occurred during the pandemic or worsened because of it.

What does it mean to find a sense of self in work? The new film "Working Man" explores this question through a group of laid off factory workers as they…

Democratic U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer said she’s disappointed that Gov. Kim Reynolds has not issued a “shelter-in-place” or “stay-at-home” order, despite…

This program originally aired on Septmeber 5, 2019.Since the late 1970s, the Iowa Labor History Oral Project has been collecting interviews from the…

A group representing Iowa’s largest chambers of commerce is urging lawmakers to take steps to grow the state’s workforce and restructure the tax system in…

One out of every five working families in Iowa earns too little money to meet their basic needs without public support programs, according to a new…

Labor union representatives in western Iowa say organized labor has been under attack, but they are continuing to fight for working people.Earlier this…

Fifteen Democrats running for president talked up their support for organized labor at an annual meeting of union leaders near Des Moines Wednesday.In…

Workers and union supporters were joined by New York City mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio at a protest in front of a Des Moines…

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a 2017 law limiting bargaining rights for many state employees. In 4-3 rulings in two separate cases, the court denied…