Healthcare workers at Planned Parenthood in Iowa and four other states voted overwhelmingly to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced last week. Ninety percent of the 264 workers who cast ballots during the three-week-long election period voted in favor of the union. The unionization drive began last summer, when workers connected with the […]
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Best of the CRANDIC Spotlight: SEIU Local 199 fights to secure ‘care for caregivers’
Best of the CRANDIC winner: Hardest Fightin’ Union — Union of Iowa’s Caregivers (SEIU Local 199) Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 199 is a union that fights for healthcare workers and other caregivers in Iowa. They conduct collective bargaining for wages and salaries, handle labor management issues and provide member benefits like providing insurance […]
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UI President Bruce Harreld finally meets with non-tenure track faculty protesting working conditions
A basement room in a police station isn’t typically the setting for negotiations between equals, but that’s the location University of Iowa officials chose for their Wednesday morning meeting with members of Faculty Forward Iowa (FFI). FFI, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, represents members of UI’s non-tenure track faculty seeking better working […]
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UI non-tenure track faculty stage a sit-in at President Bruce Harreld’s office (updated)
Update: This story has been updated since it was first published with information on the outcome of the sit-in protest. On Wednesday, members of the University of Iowa’s non-tenure track faculty staged a sit-in at UI President Bruce Harreld’s office. It was not the sort of raucous sit-in familiar from university protests in the 1960s. […]
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‘We’re spread too thin’: UI non-tenure track faculty demand better working conditions
Despite freezing temperatures and threatening skies, approximately 60 people gathered on the University of Iowa’s Pentacrest on Wednesday afternoon to show support for members of the university’s non-tenure track faculty who are demanding better working conditions. Following a 20-minute rally, the crowd marched to UI President Bruce Harreld’s office to deliver a letter explaining their […]
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SEIU proposes new contract at UIHC
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) presented a proposal for a new contract to the University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) that will be negotiated with the Iowa Board of Regents. After bargaining, the two-year contract will be voted on by over 3,000 SEIU members at UIHC, the largest union group in Iowa City. Jim […]
