April 2020
COVID-19 Outbreaks at Meat Plants Underscore Worker Safety Concerns
As Virus Spreads In Meat Processing Plants, Advocates Warn Immigrant Workers Remain Vulnerable
COVID-19 Outbreaks at Meat Plants Underscore Worker Safety Concerns
Advocacy groups call for more protections for meatpacking, food processing plant workers
Iowa Organizations Call Out Governor Reynolds To Get Tough On Workplace Exposure
Worries grow about the health of employees in Iowa’s meatpacking plants
February 2020
New data shows Iowans filed more than 600 unpaid wage claims, with limited success, in 2019
December 2019
Booker packs out Iowa City’s Center for Worker Justice on Saturday
Sen. Cory Booker visits the Center for Workers Justice, joined by Rosario Dawson, local leaders
November 2019
A long thank you list from Iowa City
September 2019
Worker’s rights advocate to protest wages withheld from former BeerBurger employees
After checks bounced, BeerBurger pays workers withheld wages in cash
Immigrant parents fear 35 minute walk to elementary school will turn perilous in winter
July 2019
Hundreds gather to protest border child detentions and mass deportation
Protestors rally in Cedar Rapids against border detention
Hundreds rally at Lights for Liberty vigil in Cedar Rapids
Candlelight vigil to be held for immigrants detained in C.R.
Johnson County celebrates four years of offering community identification cards
Iowa City attorneys offer free legal assistance in citizenship clinic
May 2019
After deal with mobile home tenants, Iowa City Council advances Forest View
City Council comes to three-year decision on Forest View mobile home park
Iowa City Council unanimously pass Forest View first reading
North Liberty mobile home residents getting priced out of property
Graduate workers present hotel with a complaint letter over mistreatment February 2019
Top five 2018: Workers in Iowa continue to fight the good fight
Resistance in the Heartland: Fighting ICE in Small-Town Iowa and Nebraska.
December 2018
Hundreds in Iowa City march in nationwide ‘Families Belong Together’ event June 30-2018
Hundreds march in Iowa City for the Families Belong Together rally June 30-2018
‘Risking it all:’ Immigrants, refugees tell of coming to United States
People come together to learn how to “Keep ICE out of Iowa” June 20-2018
Mount Pleasant immigration raid does not make Iowans safer May 15-2018
Immigration reform vigil held in Cedar Rapids May 14-2018
Former Rose Oaks tenants receiving city payments
North Liberty Allow Minimum Wage
Wage theft rampant, Center for Worker Justice empowers restaurant workers to get paid
Stolen Chances: Low-Wage Work and Wage Theft in Iowa
Iowa City residents take to the streets for ‘Raise the Wage’ march
Make, Rebik, Hurtado and Salih Person of the Year
Worker Recieves Final Paycheck After 15 Months
Our View: Two Years of Advocating for Workers’ Rights
Center Protests Alleged Wage Theft
Settlement Reached in Wage Theft Case
Keep Moving Forward on Community IDs
The Catholic Messenger: ‘Invaluable’ Stories Offer Perspective on Poverty, Worker Issues
Celebrate Labor Day by Stopping Wage Theft
Local Immigrant Community Finding Its Voice
Protesters Pressure Restaurant
Johnson County Explores ID Program
Potential Benefits of a Community ID
Group Touts Benefits of Community ID Program
Finally an ID that Builds Community