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I never thought I would see the day when a law was a suggestion.  I guess if you live long enough you’ll see a lot of things you never expected to see. Governor Culver wants large construction projects to “consider” using project labor agreements.  I don’t have a problem with fair agreements, I have a [...]

Here’s your Sunday earworm: Iowa’s own Leslie Hall & LY’s, “How We Go Out, Version 2″ The glittery treasure from Ames was also recently featured on CNN and in Salon. ———- A piece ran last Saturday in the the WaPo that described how the Obama administration is seeking to provide more transparency in U.S. citizen [...]

Two supervisors charged with encouraging workers to obtain and use fraudulent documents in order to continue employment at Agriprocessors in Postville pleaded “not guilty” in federal court. Martin De La Rosa-Loera, 43, and Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 35, are both are charged with aiding and abetting the possession and use of fraudulent identity documents and encouraging [...]

Two Agriprocessors Inc. supervisors facing charges for aiding and abetting undocumented workers prior to the May 12 immigration raid at the Iowa kosher meatpacking plant will remain in federal custody until their trials. During a detention hearing this week, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Jon Scoles ruled that Juan Carlos Guerrero, 35, and Martin De [...]

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, joined Lilly Ledbetter Wednesday in calling for an end to the pay discrimination American women endure with every paycheck. The Supreme Court ruled last year that Ledbetter, a supervisor at the Goodyear Tire plant, could not sue for pay discrimination because she did not file her claim within 180 days [...]

A Burlington casino worker who lost his job after posting a “Dilbert” comic strip at work has now had the incident immortalized in the very same strip. A series of comic strips by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams set to begin syndication this week outline the case of Dave Steward, a 50-year-old Fort Madison resident, whose [...]

Hawkeye Labor Council, a coalition of unions in seven Iowa counties, has suspended both members of its two-person staff and requested a government investigation of its finances. Alan Bernard, 54, has served as the council’s executive director since 2005. Lin Chavez, 21, has been the council’s administrative assistant. Both were suspended last Wednesday, but the [...]

… Iowans are having flashbacks to 2004. During the 2004 caucus, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich instructed his supporters to join forces with then North Carolina Sen. John Edwards if they were not viable at the precinct level. Many credited the influx of support from Kucinich with propelling Edwards to a second place finish in Iowa [...]

… retail politics is just another synonym for family. Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, and sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, were walking through neighborhoods in snowy eastern Iowa Saturday afternoon. The pair was canvassing door-to-door on behalf of their family member, the Illinois Senator. Afterward, they delivered at least three signed supporter cards to headquarters. Obama’s wife, [...]

… despite there being several inches of snow and ice on the ground, politics marches on. Several candidates had to cancel stops on the weekend before Christmas due to unsafe driving conditions. Most campaigns are praying for better weather between now and caucus night, but the extended forecast is calling for more snow tonight and [...]