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SAVE IOWA HISTORY invites Iowans to help stop state destruction of State Historical Society materials
Concerned Iowans across the state have launched the SAVE IOWA HISTORY coalition, calling on state leaders to stop reckless removal of one-of-a-kind historical records and artifacts from the State Historical Society’s Iowa City Research Center. Founded in 1857, the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) “preserves and provides access to Iowa’s historical resources,” and Iowa State Code requires Iowa to maintain SHSI facilities in Des Moines and Iowa City to fulfill this mission.
Labor Day: Iowa women reflect on fight against discrimination, harassment
Guest Columnist Columns are the opinion of the author, and include both facts and the individuals personal perspective. Community members are encouraged to submit guest columns up to 600 words for consideration. Mon., September 02, 2019 Female textile workers in Lowell, Mass.
Collective bargaining: Why dismantle landmark law?
On Tuesday, the Republican majority in the Iowa legislature filed bills that would radically and negatively amend one of the finest bipartisan pieces of Iowa legislation drafted in the last 50 years — the Iowa Public Employment Relations Law (Chapter 20 of the Iowa Code). I know this because I've spent much of the last three years documenting the original legislation's history.
Iowa holds special place in labor history
Labor Day has a long and storied history in the United States. Its origins lie in the great labor strikes of the 19th century and the search by workers for recognition and dignity. Workers first claimed May 1 as a labor “holiday,” unrecognized by their employers or the state, and used it to celebrate their work, to demonstrate their efforts at self-improvement and ultimately, to demand equal rights.
Organizing within the Academy
April 16, 2016, was a day for celebration. It marked the twentieth anniversary of the union certification election that transformed a home-grown organizing campaign among graduate employees at the University of Iowa (UI)—the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS)—into Local 896 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE). The anniversary was celebrated with three days of events hosted by COGS and co-sponsored by the national UE.
The State Historical Society of Missouri
As a city alderman, Tom Pendergast sought to strengthen his control over Democratic politics in Kansas City. James had been prevented from being the undisputed boss of Kansas City by Joseph Shannon, the leader of the Democrats in the city’s Ninth Ward. Pendergast’s followers were known as the “Goats” and Shannon’s were the “Rabbits,” nicknames which, according to one historian, reflected animals popular with the Irish residents of the wards they represented.
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