DES MOINES, IOWA (November 11, 2022) Veteran's day is Friday, November 11. In order to honor prior armed-service members, Iowa passed a law requiring Veteran employees’ time-off requests in advance for this day. The law allows companies to cancel this arrangement, with ten days’ notice under certain circumstances.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 23, 2021) — Iowans spoke out against cuts to unemployment being proposed in the Iowa House and Senate. These Iowans oppose SSB 1172 and HSB 203, which would institute a one-week waiting-period, reduces benefits for many families on unemployment, and cuts thirteen weeks from the number of weeks that someone who is the victim of a plant- or business-closing can collect.

ALTOONA, IOWA (August 14, 2019) — The Iowa Federation of Labor (IFL) will be holding its annual Convention next week (August 21-23) at the Meadows at the Prairie Meadows Convention Center.

The delegates will be working on resolutions, attending training and hearing speakers. Along with these events, the IFL will be allowing the 19 Presidential Candidates around 10 minutes, each to address the delegation. This event will be in the Bishop Ballrooms A and B.

PRESS RELEASE (April 25, 2019) — According to a new report released today by the AFL-CIO, Iowa  had the 36 highest rate of workplace deaths. This analysis, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that, at least, 26 Iowa workers lost their lives due to on-the-job injuries.